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How do economists explain why people contribute to Wikipedia?
What incentives do contributors have? I believe they earn no money. And usually, they earn no reputation either, because most of the contributions are anonymous. I believe this is a public goods game. Have economists studied this "Wikipedia puzzle"? How might they explain it? To what extent would economists consider this a "puzzle"? By "contributors", I mean those who edit Wikipedia pages, not those who contribute in other ways (e.g. donations).
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