Price Discrimination

Price Discrimination Research Guide

Prepared by: Kathy Bowling, Karen Caudill, and John Watts
Library Liaison: Lois Tucker
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated July 2007

Finding Books:

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Reference Books:

The American Economy: a Historical Encyclopedia - R330.9 A512
Dictionary of Business and Economics - R330 A 518
Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising - R658.8 R813d
Encyclopedia of Business - R650.103 E56b
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance - R650..103 E56
A Financial History of the United States - R332.0973 M345
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History- R330.973 G151

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases. For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

The following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be browsed for articles:

Forbes

Harvard Business Review

Journal of Economic Literature

Databases:

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE: You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

Many full-text articles can be found from these databases.

ABI/INFORM Research: This scholarly business periodicals database comprises nearly 1400 North American sources to provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. Fast access to information on over 60,000 companies.

Relevant journals in this database:

American Economic Review
Economic Inquiry
Rand Journal of Economics

BPubs.com: A search engine that scans an indexed directory of business publications.

Business Source Premier: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects including management, finance and accounting. Also includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive profiles for the 10,000 largest companies: click the COMPANY PROFILE tab on the toolbar at the top of the page. Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

American Business Review
Applied Economics
Business Ethics
Journal of Marketing

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost? database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers. Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking?: This resource is a comprehensive, full-text database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology, mental health, and many other social issues. Search Opposing Viewpoints using the term ?price discrimination."

Internet Resources:

Antitrust - an overview: Primary source materials on antitrust law from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

Do you Have an RPA Price Discrimination Claim?: Article describes conditions for filing a price discrimination claim under the Robinson-Patman Act.

Federal Trade Commission: A governmental consumer information site.

Price Discrimination: Definitions and descriptions of three types of price discrimination.

Price Discrimination - with respect to entertainment and drugs: Online discussion about price discrimination posted at the Lessig Blog.

Product Crimping and Price Discrimination: Online discussion about price discrimination in the software industry.

Robinson-Patman Act: Complete text of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, provided by The Hometown Advantage.

Robinson-Patman Act: General Principles, Commission Proceedings, and Selected Issues: Provided by the Federal Trade Commission.

They're Watching You: An article at Economist.com describing the relationship between Internet privacy and price discrimination.

U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division: News, documents, and information about antitrust laws.