A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests

Shunyuan Zhang
Shunyuan Zhang
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Param Vir Singh
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Param Vir Singh
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-7849
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Anindya Ghose
Anindya Ghose
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012; and Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, South Korea
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Shunyuan Zhang

Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Param Vir Singh

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Param Vir Singh

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-7849

Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Anindya Ghose

Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012; and Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, South Korea

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Published Online:31 Jan 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2017.0767

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