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- Title
Fraud, Economic versus Social-Psychological Losses, and Sustainable E-Auction.
- Authors
Zhang, Xiaobing; Tsai, Fu-Sheng; Lin, Chih-Chen; Cheng, Ya-Fang; Lu, Kun-Hwa
- Abstract
As compared to the economic losses, social and psychological losses are of equal importance in discussing the losses when encountering fraud. Taking advantage of a perspective paper form (i.e., free writing style with a mix of description, analysis, and comments) with in-depth discussions and well-developed propositions, we combine considerations from the knowledge gap, platform quality, and risk management to discuss the comparative seriousness of different fraud-caused losses. The conceptual model mainly articulates on a series of relationships among different degrees of knowledge gap, platform quality, and risk management in predicting the various combinative losses in the economic, social, and psychological aspects. Propositions follow. First, when the knowledge gap is higher, the economic losses of being cheated on the internet will be higher, while lower in social and psychological losses. Second, when perceived platform quality is higher, the economic losses of being cheated on the internet will be lower, while higher in social and psychological losses. Third, when platform risk management is better, all aspects of being cheated on the internet will be lower. Based on the assumption of network externality, we also argue that the multiple dimensions of fraud-caused losses may damage e-auction sustainability. Theoretical and practical implications will be discussed.
- Subjects
INTERNET auctions; FRAUD
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2018, Vol 10, Issue 9, p3130
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su10093130