Price Premiums for Journal Quality and Journal Governance: Evidence from Economics Journals

8 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2011

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Yuqing Zheng

University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture - Department of Agricultural Economics

Harry M. Kaiser

Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management

Date Written: April 12, 2011

Abstract

We quantify the impacts of journal governance (for-profit status, society affiliation, and publisher), quality (impact factor and citations), and costs on the institutional subscription prices of the core economics journals. Empirical results show that quality has a much smaller influence.

Keywords: economics journals, for-profit journals, impact factor, institutional subscription price, journal quality

JEL Classification: A10, C21

Suggested Citation

Zheng, Yuqing and Kaiser, Harry M., Price Premiums for Journal Quality and Journal Governance: Evidence from Economics Journals (April 12, 2011). Economics Letters, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1807901

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Harry M. Kaiser

Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management ( email )

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