Barter - Mechanism design for a market incented wisdom exchange

Dawei Shen, Marshall Van Alstyne, Andrew Lippman, Hind Benbya

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Abstract

Information markets benefit the communities they serve by facilitating electronic distributed exchange and enhancing knowledge sharing, innovation, and productivity. This research explores innovative market mechanisms to build incentives while encouraging pro-social behavior. A key advantage of this study is a direct appeal to theories of information economics and macro policies to market design. We built and deployed a web-based software platform called Barter at several universities. Preliminary analysis of user data helps test information market effectiveness and illustrate effects of various market interventions. We present our design framework, demonstrate why such an architecture provides sustainable incentives, and list key findings learned in the process of system deployment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSCW'12 - Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Pages275-284
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'12 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 11 Feb 201215 Feb 2012

Conference

ConferenceACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'12
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period11/02/1215/02/12

Keywords

  • incentive design
  • information economics
  • information markets
  • knowledge markets
  • mechanism design
  • organizational design

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