An empirical investigation of third-party seller rating systems in E-Commerce: The case of buySAFE

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-71

  Clemons, Eric K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Market for lemons; Online auctions; Online consumer fraud; Online rating systems

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; MARKETING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RATING;

FEEDBACK-BASED RATING SYSTEM; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; ONLINE AUCTIONS; ONLINE CONSUMER FRAUD; ONLINE RATING SYSTEMS; SELLER RATING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38349162917     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222240203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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