Reputation and reliability in collective goods: The case of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia

Rationality and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-306

  Anthony, Denise ^a   Smith, Sean W ^b   Williamson, Timothy ^c  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c Ning Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Collective goods; Group identity; Open source production; Public goods; Reputation; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449434320     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463109336804     Document Type: Article

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