[GOAL] SSRN Sellout to Elsevier

[Thomas Krichel]

  Ted Bergstrom writes

> Hooray for RePEc!

  Thank you.

> Thomas, Is there a short answer to the question:
> "How do we know RePEc can't be bought?"

  I have two answers.

  For younger people, tell them that RePEc is just data distributed on
  over 1800 different servers. It belongs to the organisations running
  the servers. It would be very hard to buy these organisations.

  For older people, tell them that RePEc is basically the electronic
  version of the old printed working papers publishing practice.  Of
  course it's more than that but understanding the printed world
  analogy is sufficient for starters. It would have been very hard to
  buy the printed working papers system.

> Do you have any advice  to offer economists who are wary of
> the SSRN sellout?

  Well if your institution does not have a RePEc archive, make sure
  you put your papers up at the MPRA

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/

  And get in touch with repec at repec.org if you want to sponsor us.


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  Cheers,

  Thomas Krichel                  http://openlib.org/home/krichel
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