This study examines a crucial aspect of the reputation mechanism design in electronic markets – the ability of buyers and sellers to revoke or mutually withdraw negative feedback and ratings. We find that the two-way reputation system – where both buyers as well as sellers could provide mutual feedback enabled certain sellers to behave opportunistically by getting buyers to revoke their negativ...

Two-sided exchange networks (such as eBay) often advertise their number of users, presumably to encourage further participation. However, these networks differ markedly on how they advertise their user base. Some highlight the number of sellers, some emphasize the number of buyers, and others disclose both. We use field experiment data from a business-to-business web site to examine the efficac...

this paper reports on the results of a research carried out during 1993-94 aiming at studying street sellers as an informal sector activity and a source of socio-economic problems in shiraz, iran. this study makes use of two logit models in order to present a unified framework depiciting the factors that seem to affect the developmeht of informal sector activities. the first model looks at thos...

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 This paper explores a way to ensure person’s autonomy and legacy are preserved during the experience of dementia due Alzheimer’s disease. Due profound effect disease has memory, “person lifetime” (the past experiences their future aspirations prior progression) becomes seemingly disconnected from moment,” or person experiencing memory lo...

Two-sided exchange networks (such as eBay) often advertise their number of users, presumably to encourage further participation. However, these networks differ markedly on how they advertise their user base. Some highlight the number of sellers, some emphasize the number of buyers, and others disclose both. We use field experiment data from a business-to-business web site to examine the efficac...