Advanced search
Publication Cover
Applied Economics Letters Volume 25, 2018 - Issue 10
Submit an article Journal homepage
157
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Trust, reputation and bidding behaviour in online mystery auctions

Lesley ChiouDepartment of Economics, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA
&
Jennifer PateDepartment of Economics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 702-706 | Published online: 24 Jul 2017

References

  • Akerlof, G. 1970. “The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 84: 488–500. doi:10.2307/1879431.
  • Ba, S., and P. A. Pavlou. 2002. “Evidence of the Effect of Trust Building Technology in Electronic Markets: Price Premiums and Buyer Behavior.” MIS Quarterly 26: 243–268. doi:10.2307/4132332.
  • Chance Listings Policy. 2016. http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-bonus-prize-giveaway-raffle.html
  • Chiou, L., and J. Pate. 2010. “Internet Auctions and Frictionless Commerce: Evidence from the Retail Gift Card Market.” Review of Industrial Organization 36: 295–304. doi:10.1007/s11151-010-9248-6.
  • Eyster, E., and M. Rabin. 2002. “Cursed Equilibrium.” Working Paper E02-320, IBER, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
  • Eyster, E., and M. Rabin. 2005. “Cursed Equilibrium.” Econometrica 73: 1623–1672. doi:10.1111/ecta.2005.73.issue-5.
  • Jin, G. Z., and A. Kato. 2006. “Price, Quality, and Reputation: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment.” RAND Journal of Economics 37: 983–1004. doi:10.1111/j.1756-2171.2006.tb00067.x.
  • Lucking-Reiley, D., D. Bryan, N. Prasad, and D. Reeves. 2007. “Pennies from eBay: The Determinants of Price in Online Auctions.” Journal of Industrial Economics 55: 223–233. doi:10.1111/joie.2007.55.issue-2.
  • Melnik, M. I., and J. Alm. 2003. “Does a Seller’s eCommerce Reputation Matter? Evidence from eBay Auctions.” The Journal of Industrial Economics 50: 337–349. doi:10.1111/1467-6451.00180.
  • Offenberg, J. P. 2007. “Markets: Gift Cards.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 21: 227–238. doi:10.1257/jep.21.2.227.
  • Resnick, P., and R. Zeckhauser. 2002. “Trust among Strangers in Internet Transactions: Empirical Analysis of eBay’s Reputation System.” In Economics of the Internet and E-Commerce edited by M. R. Baye, Volume 11 of Advances in Applied Microeconomics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.127-157.
  • Resnick, P., R. Zeckhauser, J. Swanson, and K. Lockwood. 2006. “The Value of Reputation on eBay: A Controlled Experiment.” Experimental Economics 9: 79–101. doi:10.1007/s10683-006-4309-2.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.