Firms have considered various forms of incentives for writing reviews, including the use of extrinsic rewards to attract reviewers. Relatedly, this paper studies the implications of monetary incentives for writing online reviews. We encountered a natural experiment design where one review...

A crucial aspect to the functioning of the collaborative economy is the incentive structure that encourages participation. The objective of our research is to understand the impact of project reward structure (PRS), one form of incentives, on backers’ pledging decisions during projects’...

Platform recognition in the form of non-financial incentives such as badges, status, and ranks are commonly employed to incentivize user contributions. We study one such incentive, "status", in the context of a user-generated content platform, specifically a third-party online restaurant-review...