Status and reputation concerns are conjectured to be important especially in markets with information asymmetries … between buyers and sellers, such as in credence goods markets. To investigate the effects of status and reputation on …-mail requests to insurance brokers asking for an appointment. We find that status nudging and, with a larger effect size, reputation …

concern for reputation, our model predicts that politicians' effort is increasing in their reputation concern. With … reputation-concerned individuals are more reluctant to join politics than those who worry less about their perceived moral …