The Market for Fake Reviews
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- Sherry He & Brett Hollenbeck & Davide Proserpio, 2022. "The Market for Fake Reviews," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 41(5), pages 896-921, September.
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Keywords
Online platforms; consumer protection; e-commerce; word-of-mouth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
- M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
- M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2021-02-08 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2021-02-08 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2021-02-08 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MKT-2021-02-08 (Marketing)
- NEP-PAY-2021-02-08 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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