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- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 by the American Economic Association
- Subject
- Articles
- ISSN
- 1945-7685
- eISSN
- 1945-7685
- DOI
- 10.1257/mic.2.2.222
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract More and more academic journals are adopting an open access policy by which articles are accessible free of charge, while publication costs are recovered through author fees. We study the consequences of this open access policy on the quality standard of an electronic academic journal. If the journal's objective were to maximize social welfare, open access would be optimal. However, we show that if the journal has a different objective (such as maximizing readers' utility, the impact of the journal, or its profit), open access tends to induce it to choose a quality standard below the socially efficient level. (JEL L11 , L82 )
Journal
American Economic Journal Microeconomics – American Economic Association
Published: May 1, 2010