@techreport{d810385389d04d49acf5caf1ab6dc254,
title = "The Incentive To Participate In Open Source Projects: A Signaling Approach",
abstract = "This paper examines the incentives of programmers to contribute to open source software projects on a voluntary basis. In particular, the paper looks at this incentive changes as (i) performance becomes more visible to the relevant audience, (ii) effort has a stronger impact on performance, and (iii) performance becomes more informative about talent. In all three cases, it is shown that whether we start from a stable interior equilibrium or an unstable interior equilibrium.",
author = "Yossi Spiegel",
year = "2005",
language = "אנגלית",
series = "NET Institute (Working Papers)",
publisher = "NET Institute",
number = "05-23",
pages = "1--19",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "NET Institute",
}