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Institutional Subscribers – Site License Agreement


1. Introduction
The Website is owned and operated by Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd. – see para. 15 below for contact details. Subscribers to the printed journal World Economics are allowed free online access to the Website including free download of full-text articles subject to these Terms. Non-subscribers can purchase full-text articles in PDF form from the Website via a Pay-Per-View system and will be able to access a HTML version of the PDF for 1 week following purchase. Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of the Website at any time, and may exercise this right with or without notice.


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4. Institutional Subscribers
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4.1 The Licensee may access and allow Authorised Users (as defined below) to access the full-text articles at www.world-economics.journal.com provided that such access is through a secure server whereby the Licensee can limit distribution of World Economics online materials at the Website to the Authorised Users who shall be informed by the Licensee of these Terms (available at the Website) with which all persons accessing the Website must comply.

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4.4 The Single Site License shall automatically terminate on expiry of the Licensee’s current paid-for subscription period but shall continue automatically if the Licensee renews the subscription.

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9. Assignment
You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms.


10. Invalidity
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which remain in full force and effect. Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or effect.


11. Links
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12. Termination
Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd may cancel or withdraw access to the Website and without notice at any time and may amend or terminate these Terms for any reason.

Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd reserves the right to block access from any user who is making downloads from the Website in a manner that Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd deems to be unauthorised or suspicious. This includes: individual users downloading more than 50 articles within one week, users making sequential downloads from an index category and users who do not complete a registration form or complete it with false details.


13. Jurisdiction and Validity
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The purchaser may not share the PDF with any person(s) located at different sites or offices, unless permission is requested in writing and agreed by Economic and Financial Publishing Ltd. Purchase is by credit/debit card only, and a maximum of 25 articles may be purchased on any single credit/debit card transaction.


15. Contact Details & Company Registration
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