the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions—and particularly trust in banks, business and government—has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …

In this paper we develop a theory of patenting in which a firm preserves its reputation to only apply for a patent … reputation to be preserved in equilibrium and analyze which market environments are favorable for such an equilibrium to exist …

emerging economies. We show that governments in emerging economies are more concerned about their reputation and tend to ride … that would help prevent potential crises. We provide evidence of the relevance of this reputation mechanism. …

preferences in combination with reputation opportunities keep principals from abusing their power, leading to the widespread …

equilibria share some features with the ones of multi-sided reputation models. …

This paper looks at how the reputation of a monetary policy making committee is jointly determined with the reputations … of its individual members. I ask whether individuals ha ve more or less incentive to gain a reputation for being tough on …