of anonymous internet trading platforms. We document an asymmetry in the feedback behavior on eBay, propose an …

eBay's feedback mechanism is considered crucial to establishing and maintaining trust on the world's largest trading … description of the institutional setup of eBay's feedback mechanism, including recent changes to it. Most importantly, buyers now …

of anonymous internet trading platforms. We document an asymmetry in the feedback behavior on eBay, propose an …

of anonymous internet trading platforms. We document an asymmetry in the feedback behavior on eBay, propose an …

eBay's feedback mechanism is considered crucial to establishing and maintaining trust on the world's largest trading … description of the institutional setup of eBay's feedback mechanism, including recent changes to it. Most importantly, buyers now …

We propose a basic theoretical model of eBay’s reputation mechanism, derive a series of implications and empirically … prices collected from eBay, is broadly consistent will all of these predictions. An important conclusion of our results is … that eBay’s reputation system gives way to strategic responses from both buyers and sellers. …

A striking feature of many online sales platforms is the coexistence of multiple sales mechanisms. Items on eBay, for … mechanisms and prices. I estimate this model using data from sales of baseball tickets on eBay and calculate consumer and seller …

value) in a sample of eBay auctions for computers. The measure also allows me to separately estimate the price effects of … seller reputation and product information. eBay prices appear consistent with Bayesian-Nash common value bidding behavior …