reputation for skill acquisition and labor market outcomes in an otherwise competitive market. We find that reputation effects … can explain several puzzling findings in the economics of education, including the fact that competition can, but does not …) that arises when schools can enhance their reputation by positively selecting their students. This leads to excess demand …

-sharing, screening opportunities, and competition are important driving forces behind these new forms of work organization. We document … competition substantially fosters the trust strategy, reduces market segmentation, and leads to large welfare gains for both …

In two experiments, we examine the effects of employer reputation in an online labor market (Amazon Mechanical Turk) in … reputation, we find that good-reputation employers attract work of the same quality but at twice the rate as bad-reputation … employers. This is the first clean, field evidence on the value of employer reputation. It can serve as collateral against …

reputation-conscious agents to supply a public good. Each agent chooses how much to contribute based on his own mix of public …

can disentangle self-selection from reputation effects. Based on 476 taxi rides with four different types of taxis, we can … show strong reputation effects on the prices and service quality of drivers, while there is practically no evidence of a …

price rigidity. Reputation powerfully amplifies the positive effects of social preferences on contract enforcement by … interactions, suggesting that it may aggravate price rigidities. Surprisingly, reputation in fact weakens the wage and price …