Incentive mechanisms, fairness and participation in online group-buying auctions

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-262

  Kauffman, Robert J ^b   Lai, Hsiangchu ^a   Ho, Chao Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discount effects; Experimental methods; Fairness; Group buying auction; Incentives; Mechanism design; Online auctions; Price fairness; Price satisfaction; Procedural fairness; Purchase intention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MACHINE DESIGN; PURCHASING; SALES;

DISCOUNT EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FAIRNESS; GROUP-BUYING AUCTIONS; INCENTIVES; MECHANISM DESIGN; ONLINE AUCTIONS; PRICE FAIRNESS; PRICE SATISFACTIONS; PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS; PURCHASE INTENTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84859892047     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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