| Autor: |
Hinnosaar, Marit, Hinnosaar, Toomas, Kummer, Michael, Slivko, Olga |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| Popis: |
Are there positive or negative externalities in knowledge production? Do current contributions to knowledge production increase or decrease the future growth of knowledge? We use a randomized field experiment, which added relevant content to some pages in Wikipedia while leaving similar pages unchanged. We find that the addition of content has a negligible impact on the subsequent long-run growth of content. Our results have implications for information seeding and incentivizing contributions, implying that additional content does not generate sizable externalities by inspiring nor discouraging future contributions. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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