I scratched yours: The prevalence of reciprocation in feedback provision on eBay

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jian, Lian ^a   MacKie Mason, Jeffrey K ^b   Resnick, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

e commerce; feedback provision; reputation systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957726940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2470     Document Type: Article

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