From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:49:17 +0000 > There's nothing intrinsically illegal about a cartel. Fair enough; I’ll rephrase the question: What cartel are you referring to? Which publishers are forming cartels? > Can you point to purchasers of "big deal" packages other than academic/research libraries? No. But since a monopsony is a situation in which there’s only one buyer, and academic/research libraries constitute thousands of individual buyers, I don’t see where the monopsony exists. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott Library, University of Utah Desk: (801) 587-9989 Cell: (801) 721-1687 [log in to unmask] From: Adam Siegel <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 19:41:53 +0000 Hi Rick, There's nothing intrinsically illegal about a cartel. Can you point to purchasers of "big deal" packages other than academic/research libraries? Adam ________________________________________ From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 02:17:26 +0000 Adam, what cartel are you referring to? Are publishers colluding with each other to exert illegal control over a market? Also, what monopsony are you referring to? A monopsony is a situation in which there’s only one buyer for a product. I can’t think of any publisher that is in such a position. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott Library, University of Utah Desk: (801) 587-9989 Cell: (801) 721-1687 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: Adam Siegel <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 00:44:34 +0000 And rather than monopoly, we should be looking at a cartel's ability to exploit a monopsony. Adam Siegel Business, Economics, and Agricultural and Resource Economics Librarian University Library University of California, Davis Davis CA 95616 http://people.lib.ucdavis.edu/~apsiegel/ [SNIP]