Salience Bias in Crowdsourcing Contests

Ho Cheung Brian Lee
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Ho Cheung Brian Lee
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Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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Sulin Ba
Sulin Ba
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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
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Xinxin Li
Xinxin Li
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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
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Jan Stallaert
Jan Stallaert
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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
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Ho Cheung Brian Lee

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Ho Cheung Brian Lee

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6971-8454

Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

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Sulin Ba

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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

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Xinxin Li

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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

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Jan Stallaert

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School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

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Published Online:7 Mar 2018https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2018.0775

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