Many Internet markets rely on ‘feedback systems’, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and … of these systems. We investigate how different forms of market competition and social reputation networks interact in a …-from-trade. One reason is that information about reputation trumps pricing in the sense that traders usually do not conduct business …

Is the reputation of a firm tradeable when the previous owner has to retire even though ownership change is observable … good type. Hence reputation is tradeable, although ownership change is observable. In our model, reputation is an …

emerging economies. We show that governments in emerging economies are more concerned about their reputation and tend to ride … that would help prevent potential crises. We provide evidence of the relevance of this reputation mechanism. …

In this paper we develop a theory of patenting in which a firm preserves its reputation to only apply for a patent … reputation to be preserved in equilibrium and analyze which market environments are favorable for such an equilibrium to exist …

equilibria share some features with the ones of multi-sided reputation models. …

This paper looks at how the reputation of a monetary policy making committee is jointly determined with the reputations … of its individual members. I ask whether individuals ha ve more or less incentive to gain a reputation for being tough on …