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Understanding peer recommendation in mobile social games: the role of needs–supplies fit and game identification
In: Information, technology & people, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 677-702
ISSN: 1758-5813
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the antecedents of peer recommendations (generating positive word-of-mouth and recruiting others) in the context of mobile social games.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the needs–supplies fit framework and social identity theory, this paper proposes that game design characteristics (challenge, fairness, innovativeness and ease of use) influence game identification, which further predicts word-of-mouth (WOM) generation and recruitment intention. This paper further suggests fits between gamer orientation (passing time and seeking achievements) and game design lead to enhanced game identification. The model was tested using data from an empirical survey with 767 mobile social gamers.FindingsGame challenge, game fairness, game innovativeness and ease of use are positively associated with game identification, whereas game identification positively predicts WOM generation and recruitment intention. Achievement-seeking use was found to enhance the effects of game challenge and game fairness on game identification, and passing time use was found to strengthen the effects of game innovativeness and ease of use on game identification.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study provide operable implications to facilitate peer recommendations in a mobile gaming context. The model was only tested within the context of mobile social games, however, so caution is advised when generalizing the findings to other game subgenres.Originality/valueThis study distinguishes itself from other peer recommendation studies by taking recruitment, a more straightforward and salient form of peer recommendation, into account. This paper enriches theory by investigating the antecedents and consequences of game identification. This study clarifies the underlying mechanism of how game design influences peer recommendations and examines the interactions between game design and gamer orientation.
Economic transition and college premium in urban China
In: China economic review, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 238-252
ISSN: 1043-951X
Estimating Returns to Education When the IV Sample is Selective
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 7103
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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 6173
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Impact of farmer group participation on the adoption of sustainable farming practices—spatial analysis of New Zealand dairy farmers
In: Annals of public and cooperative economics, Band 94, Heft 3, S. 701-717
ISSN: 1467-8292
AbstractThis paper analyzes the impact of participation in farmer groups on dairy farmers' adoption of sustainable farming practices in New Zealand. A spatial propensity score matching method is used to consider the spatial dependence and social connections between farmers in the decision‐making of farmer group participation and adoption of sustainable farming practices. The results show that farmers' decisions of farmer group participation are affected by their neighbors' choices, and participation in farmer groups has a positive effect on farmers' adoption of sustainable farming practices. The findings indicate the important role of social interactions in farmers' voluntary uptake of sustainable agricultural practices. Overall, the positive effect of farmer group participation on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices highlights learning and knowledge spillover among farmers, which emerges as important to the formulation of sustainable farming policy.
The Gender Gap between Earnings Distributions
In: Journal of political economy, Band 127, Heft 5, S. 2438-2504
ISSN: 1537-534X
On the Impact of the East Asian Financial Crisis on Our Foreign-Trade Enterprises' Export Trade: Report on the Results of Survey Research
In: The Chinese economy: translations and studies, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 85-91
ISSN: 1558-0954
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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some?
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 155-195
ISSN: 1539-2988
A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China
In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Band 5, Heft 1
ISSN: 1935-1682
Abstract
We compare several income distributions in urban China in the late 1980s and mid-1990s using tests for stochastic dominance in order to decompose gender differentials. Examination of the entire distribution gives insight into the uniformity of such differentials across the distribution. Moreover, tests based on stochastic dominance allow for robust welfare comparisons. Our analysis reveals: (i) large and increasing differentials in predicted earnings across gender in the lower tail of the distribution, but few differences in the upper tail, (ii) discrimination explains one-third to one-half of the total predicted earnings differential in the lower tail of the distribution, and little of the disparity in the upper tail, (iii) gender equity has eroded during China's economic transition, particularly for the youngest cohort, and (iv) significant nonuniformities in earnings differentials suggest the need to broaden analyses of gender differentials to incorporate earnings dispersion.
Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some?
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 4078
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Green credit policy, government subsidy, and enterprises "shifting from virtual to real"
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 3976-3994
ISSN: 1614-7499
Water resource sustainable use assessment methodology and an impact factor analysis framework for SDG 6–oriented river basins: evidence from the Yellow River basin (Shaanxi section) in China
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 30, Heft 51, S. 110175-110190
ISSN: 1614-7499
Corporate Board Structure and Corporate Performance: Empirical Analysis of Listed Companies in China
In: Fudan Journal of the humanities & social sciences, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 137-175
ISSN: 2198-2600