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This paper studies the interaction of information disclosure and reputational concerns in certification markets. We argue that by revealing less precise information a certifier reduces the threat of capture. Opaque disclosure rules may reduce profits but also constrain feasible bribes. For large...
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, nor the desire for scientific progress, but by individual reputation—expressed in (high ranked journal) publications. We … label this system a Reputation Economy. This special economy explains our findings that show that researchers have a nuanced … data sharing will only be widely adopted among research professionals if sharing pays in form of reputation. Thus, policy …
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It is difficult to test the prediction that future career prospects create implicit effort incentives because researchers cannot randomly “assign” career prospects to economic agents. To overcome this challenge, we use data from professional soccer, where employees of the same club face...
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We examine the process of building social relationships as a non-cooperative game that requires mutual consent and involves reaching out to others at a cost. Players create their social network from amongst their set of acquaintances. Having acquaintances allows players to form naive beliefs...
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limit individuals' range of trading partners. This paper aims at understanding the determinants of trust at various social … increase in trust following a reduction in social distance comes from the fact that trustors are much more inclined to follow … trust is mainly driven by social preferences. Nevertheless, trustors underestimate their friend's intrinsic motivation to …
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the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany by combining representative survey … elicit people's trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 55, highly … favoring the Social Democratic Party or the Christian Democratic Party exhibit more trust. People above the age of 65 and those …
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Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively … buyers, as well as needing to trust others and reciprocate with their network. We base our analysis on the German Socio …-Economic Panel and recently introduced questions about trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity to examine the extent …
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In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare …
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