Sending mixed signals: Multilevel reputation effects in peer-to-peer lending markets

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 197-206

  Collier, Benjamin C ^a   Hampshire, Robert ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear model; Online communities; Online markets; Peer to peer lending; Reputation system; Signaling theory

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELS; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE MARKETS; PEER TO PEER; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; SIGNALING THEORY;

COMMERCE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIGNALING;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 77950879487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1718918.1718955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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