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The Pricing of Economics Books

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David Laband () (Auburn University)
John Hudson (University of Bath, U.K.)

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Using data as reported in the JEL in 2000 and 1985, the authors examine the pricing and other characteristics of books. There has been a substantial rise in book prices, even in real terms, between the two years, which the smaller rise in average page length appears insufficient to justify. A major factor behind the rise would appear to be the increasing importance of foreign presses that not only sell at a higher average price than U.S. presses but are increasingly likely to do so. University presses and other not-for-profit publishers sell at substantially lower prices than commercial publishing houses and are more likely to publish in paperback than commercial publishing houses. The discount on paperbacks appears to have been relatively stable in the two years.

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Article provided by Helen Dwight Reid Foundation in its journal The Journal of Economic Education.

Volume (Year): 34 (2003)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 360-368
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Keywords: book publishing; economics; price;

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Find related papers by JEL classification:
D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Monopoly
L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs
L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media

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  1. Phillips, Owen R & Phillips, Lori J, 2002. "The Market for Academic Journals," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 34(1), pages 39-48, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Varian, Hal R, 2000. "Buying, Sharing and Renting Information Goods," Journal of Industrial Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 48(4), pages 473-88, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Machlup, Fritz, 1977. "Publishing Scholarly Books and Journals: Is It Economically Viable?," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 85(1), pages 217-25, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Christos Cabolis & Sofronis Clerides & Ioannis Ioannou & Daniel Senft, 2005. "A Textbook Example of International Price Discrimination," University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics 3-2005, University of Cyprus Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Paul Pecorino, 2006. "Rent Seeking: A Textbook Example," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 37(3), pages 331-339. [Downloadable!]
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