Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Source Publication
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce
Source ISSN
1091-9392
Abstract
This paper aims to shed light on the complexities and difficulties in predicting the effects of trust and the experience of online auction participants on bid levels in online auctions. To provide some insights into learning by bidders, a field study was conducted first to examine auction and bidder characteristics from eBay auctions of rare coins. We proposed that such learning is partly because of institutional-based trust. Data were then gathered from 453 participants in an online experiment and survey, and a structural equation model was used to analyze the results. This paper reveals that experience has a nonmonotonic effect on the levels of online auction bids. Contrary to previous research on traditional auctions, as online auction bidders gain more experience, their level of institutional-based trust increases and leads to higher bid levels. Data also show that both a bidder’s selling and bidding experiences increase bid levels, with the selling experience having a somewhat stronger effect. This paper offers an in-depth study that examines the effects of experience and learning and bid levels in online auctions. We postulate this learning is because of institutional-based trust. Although personal trust in sellers has received a significant amount of research attention, this paper addresses an important gap in the literature by focusing on institutional-based trust.
Recommended Citation
Ow, Terence T.; Spaid, Brian I.; Wood, Charles A.; and Ba, Sulin, "Trust and Experience in Online Auctions" (2018). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 331.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/331
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol. 28, No. 4 (2018) : 294-314. DOI. © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Used with permission.