The Impact of the German 'DEAL' on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market
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- Justus Haucap & Nima Moshgbar & W. Benedikt Schmal, 2021. "The impact of the German 'DEAL' on competition in the academic publishing market," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(8), pages 2027-2049, December.
- Haucap, Justus & Moshgbar, Nima & Schmal, Wolfgang Benedikt, 2021. "The impact of the German "DEAL" on competition in the academic publishing market," DICE Discussion Papers 360, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
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Keywords
DEAL; open access; academic journals; STM journals; academic publishing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2021-04-05 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-SOG-2021-04-05 (Sociology of Economics)
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