When Online Reviews Meet Sales Volume Information: Is More or Accurate Information Always Better?

Yang Liu
Yang Liu
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School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049 Shaanxai, China; and Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Juan Feng
Juan Feng
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Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Xiuwu Liao
Xiuwu Liao
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School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049 Shaanxai, China
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School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049 Shaanxai, China; and Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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Juan Feng

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Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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Xiuwu Liao

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School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049 Shaanxai, China

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Published Online:2 Oct 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2017.0715

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