Detecting Fraudulent Behavior on Crowdfunding Platforms: The Role of Linguistic and Content-Based Cues in Static and Dynamic Contexts

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 421-455

  Siering, Michael ^a   Koch, Jascha Alexander ^a   Deokar, Amit V ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CRIME; LINGUISTICS;

DECEPTION DETECTION; DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION; DYNAMIC CONTEXTS; FEATURE ENGINEERINGS; FRAUD DETECTION; INACCURATE INFORMATION; STATIC INFORMATION; SUPPORT MECHANISM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84991010685     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: 1557928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2016.1205930     Document Type: Article

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