Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330556 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Cultural Economics [ISSN:] 1573-6997 [Volume:] 49 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 435-458
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This paper studies the determinants of the voluntary provision of user-generated (online) content. Using data from the largest fanfiction website, we find that writers respond differently to new original material: writing times increase for the average writer and even more for the elite of prolific writers. We explain this finding with quality concerns. In addition, we find supportive evidence that community feedback encourages first-time contributors to continue publishing. However, for more established writers, community feedback has a rather dampening effect on text lengths and writing times. These effects are more pronounced for more informative community feedback ('reviews') than less informative community feedback ('following', 'favoriting').
Subjects: 
Fanfiction
User-generated content
Online public goods
Voluntary contribution
JEL: 
H41
C31
D01
Z11
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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