We theorize peer awards’ effects on the volume and novelty of creative user-generated content (UGC) produced at online platform communities. We then test our hypotheses via a randomized field experiment on Reddit, wherein we randomly and anonymously assigned Reddit’s Gold Award to 905...

We empirically examine the financial impact of production duration in a multi-stage production process for creative products. In particular, we analyze a novel data set from the movie industry to shed light on how the total production time and duration of individual stages affects box office...