In collaboration with Diana Tran Nhat and Timm Teubner (Technical University of Berlin), Laura Thäter recently published an article titled "The Duality of Reputation Portability: Investigating the Demand Effect of Imported Ratings Across Online Labor Markets" in the journal Electronic Markets.

The article examines the effects of reputation portability on demand in online labor markets. More specifically, the article looks at how introducing reputation portability affects the demand for labor and the impact of imported ratings on this demand. The results suggest that while imported ratings boost demand, their effect is smaller than that of on-site ratings, raising concerns about potential unintended consequences, in particular favoring workers who have high rating volumes.

The article, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster is part of a special issue on social welfare computing and is available as an Open Access publication.