A textbook example of international price discrimination
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2007Source
Economics LettersVolume
95Pages
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We show that books for general audiences are similarly priced internationally but textbooks are substantially more expensive in the United States. We argue that cost factors cannot explain this phenomenon and discuss several demand-side explanations. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.