To continue sharing or not to continue sharing? An empirical analysis of user decision in peer-to-peer sharing networks

Information Systems Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-259

  Xia, Mu ^a   Huang, Yun ^b   Duan, Wenjing ^c   Whinston, Andrew B ^d  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Free rider; IRC, voluntary contribution; Music sharing; Peer to peer networks; Public good; Sharer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865067723     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1100.0344     Document Type: Article

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