The fact that this paper is behind a pay wall prompted me ask the following quesion.

I often see this at 'pay walls' for research papers:-

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Information about Free Papers
You should expect a free download if you are a subscriber, a corporate associate of the NBER, a journalist, an employee of the U.S. federal government with a ".GOV" domain name, or a resident of nearly any developing country or transition economy.

We have a collection or highly gifted people on this site, some of whom are no doubt very well positioned in US society. Why can a federal employee access this but not a US tax paying US resident?

What is the rational behind this?

This question does have relevance to GT education because I find a lot of useful research papers just out of reach due to pay walls with the above blurb.

Last edited by madeinuk; 09/08/14 05:43 AM.
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