highlighting the role of reputation mechanisms in sustaining cooperation. Reputational concerns can deter defection in one … cooperation within a group, we show theoretically that interactions of individuals from a punishment-based culture with those from … a culture of image scoring can lead to widespread inter-group tensions. Mutual cooperation is a more likely outcome if …

report using this type of data to set salaries, a practice that is known as salary benchmarking. Despite their widespread use … across occupations, there is no evidence on the effects of salary benchmarking. We provide a model that explains why firms … are interested in salary benchmarking and makes predictions regarding the effects of the tool. Next, we measure the actual …