The article discusses the principle-agent problem and its application to the textbook market. Knowing that many of my students are opting to not buy textbooks despite the potential that it might result in lower grades, I've been talking to publishers about price discounts and have been successful negotiating price discounts, especially for principles textbooks.
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2014/10/thoughts-on-high-priced-textbooks.html
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