Internet exchanges for used goods: An empirical analysis of trade patterns and adverse selection

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-291

  Ghose, Anindya ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Electronic markets; Information asymmetry; Information uncertainty; Product quality; Seller reputation; Text analysis; Trade patterns; Used goods; Usergenerated content

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FEEDBACK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE SELECTION; ELECTRONIC MARKET; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INFORMATION UNCERTAINTY; SELLER REPUTATIONS; TEXT ANALYSIS; TRADE PATTERNS; USED GOODS; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 66449090944     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650292     Document Type: Article

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