The effect of online privacy information on purchasing behavior: An experimental study

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-268

  Tsai, Janice Y ^a   Egelman, Serge ^a   Cranor, Lorrie ^a   Acquisti, Alessandro ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Economics; Experimental economics; Information systems; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957667271     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0260     Document Type: Article

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