Variations in Journal Prices: A Statistical Analysis

Authors

H. Craig Petersen, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

The Serials Librarian

Volume

17

Issue

1-2

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Date

1989

First Page

1

Last Page

9

Abstract

Academic journals exhibit significant differences in price. Only part of this variation can be attributed to costs of production and distribution. This study uses multiple regression analysis to investigate the determinants of the variations in prices for a random sample of 439 journals.

Comments

Originally published by Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Abstract available through remote link. Subscription required to access article fulltext.

Recommended Citation

Variations in Journal Prices. 1989. Serials Librarian, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 1-9.