Reputation and adverse selection: theory and evidence from eBay | Semantic Scholar

The model predicts that reputation portability lowers switching costs, eliminating the possibility for platforms to capitalize on lock‐in effects, and finds that reputation portability has a positive impact on worker mobility and the wages of highly rated workers.

This article presents a categorization framework based on the online platform type (including search platforms, e‐commerce platforms, online communities, and mobile platforms) and research perspective (including platform participants, platform orchestrators, and platform ecosystems) and provides a critical review of noteworthy trends.