A Dollar for Your Thoughts: Feedback-Conditional Rebates on eBay

Luís Cabral
Luís Cabral
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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Lingfang (Ivy) Li
Lingfang (Ivy) Li
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School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Luís Cabral

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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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Lingfang (Ivy) Li

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School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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Published Online:13 Mar 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2074

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Received:September 18, 2012
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Published Online:March 13, 2015

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