network that connects them. We find that information supports cooperation by increasing trust between players, and obtain the … 'radius of trust': an endogenous network listing the potentially cooperative relationships between pairs of players in a … community. We identify two aspects of trust, which relate to the network structure in different ways. Where trust depends on the …

preferences in combination with reputation opportunities keep principals from abusing their power, leading to the widespread …

the loss of reputation accumulated by a pseudonym over time. Another involves charging a fee to create pseudonyms …

want to develop a reputation as a commitment type by mimicking the commitment type's actions But the uninformed player … rational player does not benefit from developing a reputation In the case of equally patient players I show that the folk … Thomas (1993) argue that reputation effects can rule out outcomes permitted by the folk theorem regardless of how small the …

We investigate the impact of self-organized reputation versus certification by an independent institution on demand for … independent institution increase demand more than feedback-based reputation. This result is important for markets where the market …

remains unclear. In each of six treatments that vary the cooperation premium and the informational basis for reputation … forces of (a) learning about the benefits of reputation, and (b) learning about backward unraveling. We find, inter alia …, that with a high cooperation premium and good information, investment in reputation grows across sets of finitely …

gradually builds up her reputation. Principal provides full information in every period as long as he has always observed his …