Controlling Fake Reviews
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fake review; reputation; rating design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- M37 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Advertising
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