Häufig kann beobachtet werden, dass Konsumenten aufgrund unzureichender Produktinformationen den Preis als Qualitätssignal interpretieren und so eine vereinfachte Kaufentscheidung treffen, indem sie insbesondere hochpreisige Produkte wählen. Zum anderen genießen auch externe...

Reputation is critical to foster trust in online marketplaces, yet leaving feedback is a public good that can be under-provided unless buyers are rewarded for it. Signaling theory implies that only high quality sellers would reward buyers for truthful feedback. We explore this scope for...

Reputation is critical to foster trust in online marketplaces, yet leaving feedback is a public good that can be under-provided unless buyers are rewarded for it. Signaling theory implies that only high quality sellers would reward buyers for truthful feedback. We explore this scope for...

This paper uses a tailor-made newly available data set to investigate for the first time the links between profitability and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods. The paper demonstrates that...