Disclosure in Incentivized Reviews: Does It Protect Consumers?

佣金 膨胀(宇宙学) 营销 产品(数学) 经济 消费者保护 会计 精算学 业务 财务 商业 几何学 理论物理学 数学 物理
作者
Sungsik Park,Woochoel Shin,Jinhong Xie
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期刊:Management Science [Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]
卷期号:69 (11): 7009-7021 被引量:3
标识
DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2023.00930
摘要

The well-documented rating inflation of incentivized reviews (IRs) can mislead consumers into choosing a product that they would otherwise not buy. To protect consumers from this undesirable influence, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission recommends that reviewers conspicuously disclose any material connection they may have with sellers. In theory, such disclosures safeguard consumers by motivating reviewers to be truthful and inducing consumers to discount inflated IR ratings. Our research finds, however, that IR disclosure accomplishes neither. Specifically, our empirical analysis of consumer reviews on Amazon reveals that, even with disclosure, (1) rating inflation of IRs remains, and (2) this inflation boosts sales at consumers’ expense. Finally, we propose an alternative approach to eliminate rating inflation of IRs and empirically demonstrate its effectiveness. These findings have important implications for consumers, firms, and ongoing policy discussions around IRs. This paper was accepted by Duncan Simester, marketing. Funding: S. Park gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Darla Moore School of Business Research Grant Program at the University of South Carolina. W. Shin gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Brian R. Gamache Endowed Professorship at the University of Florida. J. Xie gratefully acknowledges financial support from the JCPenney Endowed Professorship at the University of Florida. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00930 .
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