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Price formation in the influence market

Why the price of sponsored content lies above production costs and varies across similar creators. The paper examines reputational stock and bargaining between the creator’s costs and risks and what the advertiser can and wants to pay.

Author
Francisco Figueiredo
Organization
INDICA
Topic
Influencer economy
Format
Academic paper
Updated on
October 29, 2026

Keywords

The influencer economyPrice formationSponsored contentReputational stockCredibilityBargaining

Series

The influencer economy

About this publication

This paper belongs to The influencer economy series. It discusses how credibility, affect and legitimacy enter the price of sponsored content, bargained between a creator’s floor and an advertiser’s ceiling.

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PDFs available in Portuguese (37 pages) and English (36 pages).