Does Wikipedia matter? The effect of Wikipedia on tourist choices

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 15-089

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hinnosaar, Marit ; Hinnosaar, Toomas ; Kummer, Michael ; Slivko, Olga
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/173092
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET