Price premiums for journal quality and journal governance: Evidence from economics journals

[Eugene Garfield]

Price premiums for journal quality and journal governance: Evidence from 
economics journals

Author(s): Zheng, YQ (Zheng, Yuqing); Kaiser, HM (Kaiser, Harry M.)
Source: ECONOMICS LETTERS  Volume: 112  Issue: 1  Pages: 125-127  DOI: 
10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.034  Published: JUL 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. (C) 2011 
Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: Economics journals; For-profit journals; Impact factor; 
Institutional subscription price; Journal quality

Addresses: [Zheng, YQ; Kaiser, HM] Cornell Univ, Dyson Sch Appl Econ & 
Management, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Reprint Address: Zheng, YQ (reprint author), Cornell Univ, Dyson Sch Appl Econ 
& Management, 311 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

E-mail Address: yz248 at cornell.edu
IDS Number: 791MN
ISSN: 0165-1765
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1807901