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reciprocity and guilt appear to be the major drivers for generous voluntary payments. Being inclined to follow social norms is a … industry ; reciprocity ; guilt ; social norms ; altruism ; fairness ; social-image concerns ; survey …
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experimental literature we find evidence that tipping is motivated by reciprocity, but also by reputation concerns among frequent … imitator types. -- social preferences ; reciprocity ; moral hazard ; reputation ; Internet ; psychological game theory …
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This paper examines one of the most important marketing strategies by software producers on the Internet. That is whether to offer free samples and if so, whether to list the samples on shareware repositories. I show that firms with higher value products have a greater incentive to offer free...
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Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...
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We review and model the impact of the internet on the production and uptake of high- quality news. Our review of trends in the market for news suggests 3 stylized facts: i) particular quality news markets are dominated by merely a few providers, ii) demand for quality news appears stable, but...
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The emergence of Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) business models as a successful alternative to conventional uniform pricing brings up new questions related to the task of pricing. We investigate the effect of a reduction of privacy on consumers' purchase decisions (whether to buy, and if so how much...
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The emergence of Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) business models as a successful alternative to conventional uniform pricing brings up new questions related to the task of pricing. We investigate the effect of a reduction of privacy on consumers' purchase decisions (whether to buy, and if so how much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684977
Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has been often attributed to pervasive busyness and the rising pressure of time. In this paper we argue that computer-mediated interaction, and...
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Many economic experiments are run in the laboratory with students as participants. In this paper we use a newspaper …
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