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Title | ||
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Research Note---To Continue Sharing or Not to Continue Sharing? An Empirical Analysis of User Decision in Peer-to-Peer Sharing Networks |
Abstract | ||
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Peer-to-peer sharing networks have seen explosive growth recently. In these networks, sharing files is completely voluntary, and there is no financial reward for users to contribute. However, many users continue to share despite the massive free-riding by others. Using a large-scale data set of individual activities in a peer-to-peer music-sharing network, we seek to understand users' continued-sharing behavior as a private contribution to a public good. We find that the more benefit users “get from” the network, in the form of downloads, browses, and searches, the more likely they are to continue sharing. Also, the more value users “give to” the network, in the form of downloads by other users and recognition by the network, the more likely they are to continue sharing. Moreover, our findings suggest that, overall, “getting from” is a stronger force for the continued-sharing decision than “giving to.” |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1287/isre.1100.0344 | Information Systems Research |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
peer-to-peer music-sharing network,peer-to-peer sharing network,financial reward,large-scale data,empirical analysis,individual activity,continued-sharing decision,continued-sharing behavior,research note,benefit user,user decision,explosive growth,massive free-riding,public good,free rider | Economics,Internet privacy,Peer-to-peer,Public good,Free rider problem | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
23 | 1 | 1047-7047 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
20 | 0.95 | 10 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mu Xia | 1 | 238 | 12.95 |
| Yun Huang | 2 | 118 | 11.29 |
| Wenjing Duan | 3 | 928 | 45.64 |
| Andrew B. Whinston | 4 | 4572 | 552.12 |