This dissertation examines reputation, the belief of the decision maker abouttypes of advisors, in incomplete information games with multiple advisors. The decisionmaker believes that an advisor can be one of two types – an advisor who isbiased towards suggesting any particular advice...

We experimentally test whether the possibility of building a reputation impacts behavior in the manner suggested by theory. Our unified reputation framework theoretically allows for either the good or the bad reputation prediction to emerge. Our design additionally varies whether reputation...