Reviews Without a Purchase: Low Ratings, Loyal Customers, and Deception

We document that approximately 5% of product reviews on the website of a large private label retailer are submitted by customers for which there is no record they have purchased the product they are reviewing. These reviews are significantly more negative than other reviews. They are also less lik...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anderson, Eric T., Simester, Duncan
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Marketing Association 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111093
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-0116