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Zhang, Tao (Zhang, Tao.) | Li, Gang (Li, Gang.) | Cheng, T. C. E. (Cheng, T. C. E..) | Lai, Kin Keung (Lai, Kin Keung.)

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Abstract:

The review system is a core component of the online market as it provides user-generated content to support consumer purchase decisions. We investigate the welfare-based effects of review information features, i.e., the amounts of quality information and match information, and the accuracy of quality information, on the sellers and consumers, and discuss their implications for the online selling platform owner. We find that the amount of review information positively influences social welfare, but quality information and match information play different roles in the process of welfare enhancement. Quality information reduces the sellers' profits but significantly increases consumer welfare, while match information benefits the sellers more than it hurts the consumers. The inaccuracy of quality information negatively affects the welfare enhancement function of review information. Considering the sellers' quality information manipulation, we derive the conditions of inaccuracy information controlling and find that a higher manipulation cost coefficient eases the prisoner's dilemma for the sellers and increases consumer welfare. We discuss the implications and also note some counterintuitive insights for review system management.

Keyword:

Analytical modeling Information economics Online product reviews Review manipulation Social welfare

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Zhang, Tao; Li, Gang] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Mfg Syst Engn, Minist Educ Proc Control & Efficiency Engn, Sch Management,Key Lab, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
  • [ 2 ] [Cheng, T. C. E.] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Logist & Maritime Studies, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
  • [ 3 ] [Zhang, Tao] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Management Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
  • [ 4 ] [Lai, Kin Keung] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Int Business Sch, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
  • [ 5 ] [Zhang, Tao]Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Mfg Syst Engn, Minist Educ Proc Control & Efficiency Engn, Sch Management,Key Lab, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
  • [ 6 ] [Li, Gang]Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Mfg Syst Engn, Minist Educ Proc Control & Efficiency Engn, Sch Management,Key Lab, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
  • [ 7 ] [Cheng, T. C. E.]Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Logist & Maritime Studies, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
  • [ 8 ] [Zhang, Tao]City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Management Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
  • [ 9 ] [Lai, Kin Keung]Shaanxi Normal Univ, Int Business Sch, Xian 710049, Peoples R China

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  • Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Mfg Syst Engn, Minist Educ Proc Control & Efficiency Engn, Sch Management,Key Lab, Xian 710049, Peoples R China.

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

ISSN: 0925-5273

Year: 2017

Volume: 184

Page: 69-79

4 . 4 0 7

JCR@2017

7 . 8 8 5

JCR@2020

ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;

ESI HC Threshold:121

JCR Journal Grade:2

CAS Journal Grade:1

Cited Count:

WoS CC Cited Count: 22

SCOPUS Cited Count: 31

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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Chinese Cited Count:

30 Days PV: 14

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