Re: Re: Re: the cost of economics

2001-08-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Riccardo says that they have had very few sales. I assume that the price is not a factor On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:22:43AM -0700, Ian Murray wrote: > > > > > They have a small market. They used to be able to export many of > their > > books to Japan, but that market has narrowed. So t

Re: the cost of economics

2001-08-27 Thread Jim Devine
At 10:01 AM 8/27/01 -0700, you wrote: >Anybody know why Elgar charges so bloody much for their books? isn't it obvious? they set the price equal to the marginal cost. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Re: Re: the cost of economics

2001-08-27 Thread Ian Murray
> They have a small market. They used to be able to export many of their > books to Japan, but that market has narrowed. So the specialize in small > runs, hoping to catch as many libraries as possible. === You mean "Financial Keynesianism and Market Instability : The Economic Legacy

Re: the cost of economics

2001-08-27 Thread Michael Perelman
They have a small market. They used to be able to export many of their books to Japan, but that market has narrowed. So the specialize in small runs, hoping to catch as many libraries as possible. On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:01:34AM -0700, Ian Murray wrote: > Anybody know why Elgar charges so bl