The scholarly journal market is dysfunctional because Question 14 options: a) Journal prices are set lower than the costs and inflation b) Professors discounted journal prices so the market is full of junk journals c) Some universities cannot afford to pay for journals d) Journal prices are set lower than the marginal cost
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