By bundling experience goods, a manufacturer can more easily maintain a reputation for high quality over time. Formally …

platforms. This report presents an independent economic opinion on the DMA, from a high-level Panel of Economic Experts …

make a voluntary payment, a bonus, after observing advice quality. While the combination of competition and reputation …. Thus, our results suggest that a voluntary component can act as a substitute for either competition or reputation …

of privately known competence, who cares about his reputation, chooses the timing of the forecast regarding the outcome …. Further, any report hurts the forecaster’s reputation in the short run, with later reports incurring larger penalties. The … reputation of a silent forecaster, on the other hand, gradually improves over time. …

of the project, and hold additional private information about its consequences. They are experts who care about the value …