Does Wikipedia matter? : the effect of Wikipedia on tourist choices

Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar, Michael Kummer, and Olga Slivko

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.

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Year of publication:	September 2017 ; This version: September 2017
Authors:	Hinnosaar, Marit ; Hinnosaar, Toomas ; Kummer, Michael E. ; Slivko, Olga
Publisher:	Mannheim : ZEW, Centre for European Economic Research
Subject:	field experiment \| user-generated content \| Wikipedia \| tourism industry \| Tourismuswirtschaft \| Tourism industry \| Social Web \| Social web \| Tourismus \| Tourism \| Urlaubsverhalten \| Holiday behaviour \| Feldforschung \| Field research \| Web 2.0-Technologien \| Web 2.0 technologies

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 28 Seiten)
Series:	ZEW discussion papers. - Mannheim : ZEW, ZDB-ID 2125128-9. - Vol. no. 15-089 [rev.]
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/173092 [Handle]
Classification:	C93 - Field Experiments ; H41 - Public Goods ; L17 - Open Source Products and Markets ; L82 - Entertainment; Media (Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Broadcasting, Publishing, etc.) ; L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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