individual payoffs, is a potentially competing concern in games such as the prisoners' dilemma. In our experiment participants …

Many Internet markets rely on feedback systems', essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and … market encounters are one-shot) most frequently enhances trust and trustworthiness, and always increases total gains … each other) in promoting trust and trustworthiness if the market is sufficiently competitive. We conclude that, overall …

trust and trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb … strangers networks (where market encounters are one-shot) most frequently enhances trust and trustworthiness, and always … maintain repeated exchange with each other) in promoting trust and trustworthiness if the market is sufficiently competitive …

close until ten minutes have passed without a bid. This paper reports an experiment that allows us to examine the effect of …