Content Quality Assurance on Media Platforms with User-Generated Content

This paper develops a duopoly model for user-generated content (UGC) platforms, which compete for consumers and content producers in two-sided markets characterized by network externalities. Each platform has the option to invest in a content quality assurance (CQA) system and determine the level of...

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Main Authors: Xingzhen Zhu, Markus Lang, Helmut Max Dietl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/0718-1876/18/3/84