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Re-Thinking Reputation
Mell, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
Economic models of reputation make strong assumptions about the information available to players.  In particular, it is … observe in the real world.  We build a model of reputation with more realistic assumptions about the partial knowledge of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291911
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The Quality of Information in Electronic Groups
Bacharach, Michael; Board, Oliver - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2000
-weighted information may be maximized by a different regime, in which all replying is anonymous. Reputation effects play a key role in our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604981
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Scandal, Protection, and Recovery in Political Cabinets
Myatt, David P.; Dewan, Torun - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005
collective reputation with the wider membership of her cabinet; we show that heterogeneity of cabinet membership can play an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005047938
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Political Short-termism: A Possible Explanation
Garrì, Iconio - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2007
Political short-termism obtains when a politician provides a public good that gives an immediate payoff while it would be optimal for the society that he provided a public good that gives a payoff only in the future. We consider a simple two-period political agency model and study whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650756
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Quality and Reputation: Is Competition Beneficial to Consumers?
Fedele, Alessandro; Tedeschi, Piero - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2010
In this paper we develop a model of product quality and firms' reputation. If quality is not verifiable and there is … repeated interaction between firms and consumers, we show that reputation emerges as a means of disciplining the former to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008921762
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Reputation in the Market for Stolen Data
Mell, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012
changed at zero cost.  This paper examines the reputation mechanisms that keep this market working and considers whether they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133067
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Politician's Reputation and Policy (Un)persistence
Garrì, Iconio - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2008
(perverse policy persistence): changing his mind would indeed damage his reputation, and so reduce his probability of being … unpersistence): confirming a previous decision made by another politician would indeed improve the reputation of a potential rival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113999