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bundling electronic journals and competition among publishers

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domenico menicucci
doh-shin jeon

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Site licensing of e-journals has been revolutionizing the way academic information is distributed. However, many librarians are concerned about the possibility that publishers might abuse site licensing by practicing bundling. In this paper, we analyze how bundling affects journal pricing in the context of STM electronic journal market and offer a novel insight on the bundling of a large number of information goods. We find that (i) when bundling is prohibited, surprisingly, market structure does not affect prices (ii) when bundling is allowed, each publisher finds bundling optimal and bundling increases the industry profit while reducing social welfare and (iii) any asymmetry-increasing merger is profitable but reduces social welfare

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Paper provided by Econometric Society in its series Econometric Society 2004 Far Eastern Meetings with number 720.

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Keywords: Bundling; Site Licensing; Interconnection; Merger;

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  1. Doh-Shin Jeon & Jean-Charles Rochet, 2007. "The Pricing of Academic Journals: A Two-Sided Market Perspective," Economics Working Papers 1025, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Apr 2009. [Downloadable!]
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  2. JEON, Doh-Shin & MENICUCCI, Dominico, 2009. "Bundling and Competition for Slots: On the Portfolio Effects of Bundling," IDEI Working Papers 574, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse. [Downloadable!]
  3. Mark McCabe, 2004. "Information goods and endogenous pricing strategies: the case of academic journals," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 12(10), pages 1-11. [Downloadable!]
  4. JEON, Doh-Shin & MENICUCCI, Dominico, 2009. "Bundling and Competition for Slots: Sequential Pricing," IDEI Working Papers 576, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse. [Downloadable!]
  5. Doh-Shin Jeon & Domenico Menicucci, 2009. "Bundling and Competition for Slots: Sequential Pricing," Economics Working Papers 1168, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. [Downloadable!]
  6. Doh-Shin Jeon & Domenico Menicucci, 2009. "Bundling and Competition for Slots: On the Portfolio Effects of Bundling," Economics Working Papers 1152, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Jul 2009. [Downloadable!]
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