outline a theory that considers conditions under which a politician would and would not prefer reputational development and …

characteristics produce structures utilizing reputation …

We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by one's peers and others. The … central questions are: 1) Does the quantity of exposures raise reputation independent of their quality? and 2) Assuming that … overall quality matters for reputation, does the quality of an individual's most important exposure have an extra effect on …

Friedman (1962) argued that a free market in which schools compete based upon their reputation would lead to an …: school reputation in the spirit of Holmstrom (1982). The first result is that if schools cannot select students based upon …

which firms slant their reports toward the prior beliefs of their customers in order to build a reputation for quality. Bias …

-interest theory. In the limit, much of the observed behavior in the marketplace that is consistent with social preferences is due to … buyer can verify quality via a third-party certifier. The data also speak to theories of how reputation effects enhance … market performance. In particular, reputation and the monitoring of quality are found to be complements, and findings suggest …