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Judging Borrowers by the Company They Keep: Friendship Networks and Information Asymmetry in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending

Western Finance Association 2009 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014

Mingfeng Lin, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Siva Viswanathan

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 3,773 (6,251)

Citation 220

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The 'Experts' in the Crowd: The Role of Experienced Investors in a Crowdfunding Market

To Appear in MIS Quarterly

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018

Keongtae Kim and Siva Viswanathan

The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 3,143 (8,389)

Citation 49

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Home Bias in Online Investments: An Empirical Study of an Online Crowdfunding Market

Forthcoming, Management Science

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2015

Mingfeng Lin and Siva Viswanathan

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 2,387 (12,973)

Citation 151

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Who Forgoes Screening in Online Markets and Why? Evidence from Airbnb

MIS Quarterly

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023

Raveesh Mayya, Shun Ye, Siva Viswanathan and Rajshree Agarwal

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 1,267 (34,424)

Citation 19

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The Long Tail is Longer than You Think: The Surprisingly Large Extent of Online Sales by Small Volume Sellers

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 May 2008

Joseph Bailey, Gordon Gao, Wolfgang Jank, Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas and Siva Viswanathan

University of Maryland, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 973 (50,316)

Citation 8

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Designing Promotional Incentive to Embrace Social Sharing: Evidence from Field and Online Experiments

Forthcoming at MIS Quarterly

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 05 May 2020

Tianshu Sun, Siva Viswanathan, Ni Huang and Elena Zheleva

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami and University of Illinois at Chicago

Downloads 888 (57,026)

Citation 1

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Technological Change and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from Ecommerce Adoptions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2003

Deepak Agrawal, Sreedhar T. Bharath and Siva Viswanathan

KMV Corporation, Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 806 (65,092)

Citation 6

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Threatened by AI: Analyzing Users’ Responses to the Introduction of AI in a Crowd-sourcing Platform To be published in Information Systems Research

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2023

Mikhail Lysyakov and Siva Viswanathan

University of Rochester Simon School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 754 (71,125)

Citation 20

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Creating Social Contagion Through Firm Mediated Message Design: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2543864

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 31 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2019

Tianshu Sun, Siva Viswanathan and Elena Zheleva

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Illinois at Chicago

Downloads 750 (71,613)

Citation 9

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Spillover Effects of Generative AI on Human-Generated Content Creation: Evidence from a Crowd-Sourcing Design Platform

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Feb 2024

Weihong Zhao, Wen Wang and Siva Viswanathan

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 698 (78,617)

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Delaying Informed Consent: An Empirical Investigation of Mobile Apps' Upgrade Decisions

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 02 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024

Raveesh Mayya and Siva Viswanathan

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 696 (78,890)

Citation 1

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Online Infomediaries and Price Discrimination: Evidence from the Auto-Retailing Sector

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014

Siva Viswanathan, Jason Kuruzovich, Sanjay Gosain and Ritu Agarwal

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Effectiveness of Reputation in Contracting for Customized Production: Evidence from Online Labor Markets

Forthcoming, Management Science, NET Institute Working Paper No. 10-22

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2016

Mingfeng Lin, Yong Liu and Siva Viswanathan

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Arizona and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 687 (80,062)

Citation 12

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The Value of Reciprocity in Online Barter Markets: An Empirical Investigation

Forthcoming, MIS Quarterly

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 05 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2017

Shun Ye, Siva Viswanathan and Il-Horn Hann

George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department

Downloads 642 (87,337)

Citation 7

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Quality Uncertainty and the Performance of Online Sponsored Search Markets: An Empirical Investigation

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-019, NET Institute Working Paper No. 05-27

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014

Animesh Animesh, Vandana Ramachandran and Siva Viswanathan

McGill University, University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 618 (91,714)

Citation 10

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Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay

Shun Ye, Guodong Gao, and Siva Viswanathan. 2014. "Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay," MIS Quarterly, (38: 4) pp.1033-1056.

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2017

Shun Ye, Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Siva Viswanathan

George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 571 (101,440)

Citation 9

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Competing 'Creatively' in Online Markets: Evidence from Sponsored Search

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-064

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014

Animesh Animesh, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal

McGill University, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 569 (101,896)

Citation 2

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Motivating Effective Mobile App Adoptions: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jun 2017

Tianshu Sun, Lanfei Shi, Siva Viswanathan and Elena Zheleva

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Illinois at Chicago

Downloads 517 (114,714)

Citation 7

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Is the Internet Bubble Consistent with Rationality?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 May 2006

Sreedhar T. Bharath and Siva Viswanathan

Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 495 (120,856)

Citation 2

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Exclusive Licensing in Complementary Network Industries

NET Institute Working Paper No. 07-04

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2014

Ravi Mantena, Ramesh Shankar and Siva Viswanathan

University of Rochester - Simon Business School, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 421 (146,556)

Citation 8

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The Value of Online Trust Seals: Evidence from Online Retailing

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2010

Koray Özpolat, Guodong (Gordon) Gao, Wolfgang Jank and Siva Viswanathan

University of Rhode Island - College of Business Administration, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 399 (155,835)

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Advertising or Price? The Efficacy of Quality Informational Cues in Online Sponsored Search Markets

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Nov 2007

Animesh Animesh, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal

McGill University, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 329 (192,720)

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Electronic Commerce in the Retail Brokerage Industry: Trading Costs of Internet Versus Full Service Firms

NYU Working Paper No. IS-99-14

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Oct 2008

Yannis Bakos, Wonseok Oh, Siva Viswanathan and Gary Simon

New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences

Downloads 320 (198,445)

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The Impact of Online Information on the Value of Quality Signals in Traditional Markets

NET Institute Working Paper Series No. 07-37

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014

Vandana Ramachandran, Siva Viswanathan and Sanjay Gosain

University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 303 (210,496)

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Seller Search and Market Outcomes in Online Auctions

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010

Jason Kuruzovich, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 302 (211,208)

Citation 2

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The Good, the Bad, or the Ugly? An Empirical Investigation of Revoking Behavior on Ebay

An updated version of this paper has been published in MIS Quarterly: Shun Ye, Guodong Gao, and Siva Viswanathan. 2014. "Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay," MIS Quarterly, (38: 4) pp.1033-1056.

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2017

Shun Ye, Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Siva Viswanathan

George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 301 (211,958)

Citation 2

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Clicks to Conversion: The Impact of Product and Price Information

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS-06-041

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2014

Vandana Ramachandran, Siva Viswanathan and Henry C. Lucas

University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 268 (238,984)

Citation 1

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Attribution Strategies and Return on Keyword Investment in Paid Search Advertising

Li, H., Kannan, P. K., Viswanathan, V., & Pani, A. (2016). Attribution strategies and return on keyword investment in paid search advertising. Marketing Science, forthcoming., Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-31

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2017

H. Alice Li, P.K. Kannan, Siva Viswanathan and Abhishek Pani

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Marketing and Logistics, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Independent

Downloads 237 (270,109)

Citation 3

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Optional Verification and Signaling in Online Matching Markets: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 May 2020 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022

Lanfei Shi and Siva Viswanathan

University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 235 (272,364)

Citation 2

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The Impact of Gratitude-Embedded Messages on Online Pro-Social Behaviors

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2694084, Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2694084

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016

Dobin Yim, Siva Viswanathan and Henry C. Lucas

Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 195 (324,919)

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Synthesizing Winning Strategies: What Differentiates Experienced Designers in Crowdsourcing Markets?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2023

Mikhail Lysyakov and Siva Viswanathan

University of Rochester Simon School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 160 (387,320)

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Recommendation Systems: Decision Support for the Information Economy

NYU Working Paper No. IS-98-17

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Oct 2008

Edward A. Stohr and Siva Viswanathan

Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 150 (408,932)

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Fighting Misinformation on Social Media: An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Prominence Reduction Policies

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Dec 2023

Maya Mudambi, Jessica Clark, Lauren Rhue and Siva Viswanathan

University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 147 (415,705)

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The Impact of Intelligent Agents on Electronic Markets: Customization, Preference Revelation and Pricing.

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/14149

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Oct 2008

Ravi Aron, Arun Sundararajan and Siva Viswanathan

University of Pennsylvania, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 147 (415,705)

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From West to the Rest: Growing Dispersion of AI Jobs in America

White Paper #1 January 2024

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Feb 2024

Anil Gupta, Jon Norberg, Evan Schnidman, Siva Viswanathan, Kunpeng Zhang and Hanwen Shi

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, LinkUp, Outrigger Group, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 115 (503,784)

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America Online Inc.: The Portal Era

NYU Working Paper No. IS-99-01

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2016

Edward A. Stohr and Siva Viswanathan

Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 105 (538,743)

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Where Does the Hate Flow? The Impact of Multihoming on User Responses to Content Moderation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Feb 2025

Maya Mudambi, Jessica Clark, Lauren Rhue and Siva Viswanathan

University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 18 (1,130,377)

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Fighting Misinformation on Social Media: An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Prominence Reduction Policies

Forthcoming, Production and Operations Management

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Feb 2025

Maya Mudambi, Jessica Clark, Lauren Rhue and Siva Viswanathan

University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Downloads 15 (1,168,821)

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Information Asymmetry and Hybrid Advertising

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-139

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 06 May 2014

De Liu and Siva Viswanathan

University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Marketspace or Marketplace? Online Information Search and Channel Outcomes in Auto Retailing

Posted: 17 Sep 2008

Jason Kuruzovich, Siva Viswanathan, Ritu Agarwal, Sanjay Gosain and Scott M. Weitzman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Volkswagen of America

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The Impact of Electronic Commerce on Competition in the Retail Brokerage Industry

Posted: 15 Nov 2004

Yannis Bakos, Henry C. Lucas, Wonseok Oh, Gary Simon, Siva Viswanathan and Bruce Weber

New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and London Business School

Siva Viswanathan

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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