Social preferences? Google Answers!

Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, vol. 85, issue C, 188-209

Abstract: We analyse pricing, effort and tipping decisions at the online service ‘Google Answers’. Users set a price for the answer to their question ex ante, and they can additionally tip the researcher who provided the answer ex post.

Keywords: Social preferences; Reciprocity; Moral hazard; Bonus contract; Reputation; Internet; Psychological game theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C24 C93 D03 J30 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2014.01.013

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