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 re...@repec.org if you want to sponsor us. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
