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| + | | title = Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: a Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia | ||
| + | | date = 2011 | ||
| + | | authors = [[Xiaoquan Zhang]]<br />[[Feng Zhu]] | ||
| + | | doi = 10.1257/aer.101.4.1601 | ||
| + | | link = https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1579545_code400098.pdf?abstractid=1021450&mirid=5&type=2 | ||
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'''Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: a Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2011, written by [[Xiaoquan Zhang]] and [[Feng Zhu]]. | '''Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: a Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2011, written by [[Xiaoquan Zhang]] and [[Feng Zhu]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The literature on the private provision of public goods suggests an inverse relationship between incentives to contribute and group size. Authors find, however, that after an exogenous reduction of group size at [[Chinese Wikipedia]], the nonblocked contributors decrease their contributions by 42.8 percent on average. Authors attribute the cause to social effects: contributors receive social benefits that increase with both the amount of their contributions and group size, and the shrinking group size weakens these social benefits. Consistent with explanation, authors find that the more contributors value social benefits, the more they reduce their contributions after the block. (JEL H41, L17, L82) | The literature on the private provision of public goods suggests an inverse relationship between incentives to contribute and group size. Authors find, however, that after an exogenous reduction of group size at [[Chinese Wikipedia]], the nonblocked contributors decrease their contributions by 42.8 percent on average. Authors attribute the cause to social effects: contributors receive social benefits that increase with both the amount of their contributions and group size, and the shrinking group size weakens these social benefits. Consistent with explanation, authors find that the more contributors value social benefits, the more they reduce their contributions after the block. (JEL H41, L17, L82) | ||
Revision as of 11:20, 15 December 2019
Authors | Xiaoquan Zhang Feng Zhu |
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Publication date | 2011 |
DOI | 10.1257/aer.101.4.1601 |
Links | Original |
Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: a Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2011, written by Xiaoquan Zhang and Feng Zhu.
Overview
The literature on the private provision of public goods suggests an inverse relationship between incentives to contribute and group size. Authors find, however, that after an exogenous reduction of group size at Chinese Wikipedia, the nonblocked contributors decrease their contributions by 42.8 percent on average. Authors attribute the cause to social effects: contributors receive social benefits that increase with both the amount of their contributions and group size, and the shrinking group size weakens these social benefits. Consistent with explanation, authors find that the more contributors value social benefits, the more they reduce their contributions after the block. (JEL H41, L17, L82)
