Research Article

An Empirical Study on Response to Online Customer Reviews and E-Commerce Sales: From the Mobile Information System Perspective

Table 4

Regression results of moderating effect.

SYS-GMM modelFixed effect of panel data
Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Model 6

Ratio of response to negative review0.705 (0.174)0.778 (0.112)0.611 (0.298)0.412 (0.177)0.709 (0.177)0.387 (0.098)
Ratio of response to positive review0.201 (0.098)0.210 (0.086)0.107 (0.060)0.075 (0.040)0.165 (0.030)0.071 (0.015)
Wald test value ( value)4.37 (0.000)4.43 (0.000)4.77 (0.000)3.77 (0.000)4.51 (0.000)3.98 (0.000)
Ratio of response to negative review × product price0.105 (0.016)0.098 (0.020)0.179 (0.044)0.156 (0.043)
Ratio of response to positive review × product price0.078 (0.006)0.056 (0.010)0.075 (0.020)0.069 (0.018)
Ratio of response to negative review × product heterogeneity0.096 (0.013)0.076 (0.019)0.099 (0.014)0.086 (0.020)
Ratio of response to positive review × product heterogeneity0.073 (0.011)0.018 (0.006)0.045 (0.010)0.033 (0.011)
Other control variablesIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Wald chi2250.69205.25208.42
Sargan test ( value)23.805 (0.587)14.396 (0.952)14.614 (0.950)
AR2 ( value)0.509 (0.611)−0.130 (0.896)−0.188 (0.851)
R20.2430.2650.239
F value136.17121.3662.01
Number of observed values257982579825798257982579825798

Note. The dependent variable is the sales volume. “,” “,” and “” in the table mean that z-statistics are significant at the levels of 10%, 5%, and 1%.