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Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms

In: Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17

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  • Michael Luca, 2016. "Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms," NBER Chapters, in: Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, pages 77-93, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    JEL classification:

    • D47 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Market Design
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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