The role of online community in provision of public goods

Yue Jiao, Brian Lee

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Abstract

Online platforms serve as a private provision of public goods by providing services such as knowledge content or financial help. Such platforms usually allow their user to participate in online community where they can communicate and coordinate their activities. In this paper, we investigate the contribution of the users after their participation in online communities on Kiva.org. We aim to understand the role of online community of public goods provision. In the result, we have demonstrated that there is a newcomer effect which lead lenders contribute more after participating in online community. We show that there is a nonlinear effect in influencing the contributing patterns of the users.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)9781733632546
StatePublished - 2020
Event26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020 - Salt Lake City, Virtual, United States
Duration: Aug 10 2020Aug 14 2020

Publication series

Name26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020

Conference

Conference26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySalt Lake City, Virtual
Period8/10/208/14/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Library and Information Sciences

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