TY - BOOK ID - 7837971 TI - Country-Specific Effects of Reputation : A Cross-Country Comparison of Online Auction Markets PY - 2011 SN - 3834925209 3834965324 PB - Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag : Imprint: Gabler Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Information technology. KW - Internet -- Social aspects. KW - Internet auctions. KW - Internet. KW - Management KW - Commerce KW - Business & Economics KW - Marketing & Sales KW - Management Theory KW - Markets. KW - Public markets KW - Online auctions KW - Business. KW - Marketing. KW - Management. KW - Business and Management. KW - Fairs KW - Market towns KW - Auctions KW - Electronic commerce KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Consumer goods KW - Domestic marketing KW - Retail marketing KW - Retail trade KW - Industrial management KW - Aftermarkets KW - Selling KW - Marketing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7837971 AB - Electronic markets have grown rapidly in recent years. One of the largest markets on the Internet is the online auction platform eBay that is active in more than 40 countries and has more than 80 million active users. In order to reduce the problems caused by information asymmetries and one-sided specific investments, eBay employs the same reputation system in the various international markets, which are characterised by different institutional environments. Empirical studies show that the reputation of transaction partners affects the economic outcomes of online auction markets. In four studies, Christopher Schlägel investigates the country-specific effects of reputation and the underlying reasons for these differences. ER -