Does Wikipedia matter? The effect of Wikipedia on tourist choices

Arbeitspapier

We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia about cities affects tourists' choices of overnight visits. Our treatment of adding information to Wikipedia increases overnight visits by 9% during the tourist season. The impact comes mostly from improving the shorter and incomplete pages in Wikipedia.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 15-089

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Field Experiments ; Public Goods ; Open Source Products and Markets ; Entertainment; Media ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
• Thema: field experiment ; user-generated content ; Wikipedia ; tourism industry

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Hinnosaar, Marit ; Hinnosaar, Toomas ; Kummer, Michael ; Slivko, Olga
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/173092
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ