The Incentive To Participate In Open Source Projects: A Signaling Approach

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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.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherNET Institute
Pages1-19
StatePublished - 2005

Publication series

NameNET Institute (Working Papers)
No.05-23

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