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See this link for publication fees from elsevier journals. It includes both traditional publication and open access publication.

https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/pricing

The document can be downloaded using the link below https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals/journal-pricing/...

It depends on the field. Accounting and finance journals have significant submission fees. For example, the Journal of Financial Economics, an Elsevier journal, charges $750 for the initial submission and then lower fees for each resubmissions ($500 for the first resubmission, $250 for the second)

https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-financial-econo...

Looks like you can first volunteer to work as a reviewer of manuscripts for the journal, to earn rights for reduced submission fees, or completely free submissions.

Maybe the Economics community has problems to find reviewers, the journal is resorting to that trick to find some balance between submitted manuscripts and available reviewers.

> That may be true for open access publications, but traditional publishing (with Elsevier or others) is typically free of charge.

Yes, and Elsevier has open access journals with APCs (article publishing costs).