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

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INFORMATION PRACTICES; ONLINE PRIVACY; ONLINE PURCHASING; PRIVACY INFORMATION; PRIVACY POLICIES; PRIVACY PROTECTION; SEARCH ENGINE INTERFACES; WEB RETAILERS;

DATA PRIVACY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES;

SALES;

EID: 84870973348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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