network that connects them. We find that information supports cooperation by increasing trust between players, and obtain the … 'radius of trust': an endogenous network listing the potentially cooperative relationships between pairs of players in a … community. We identify two aspects of trust, which relate to the network structure in different ways. Where trust depends on the …

want to develop a reputation as a commitment type by mimicking the commitment type's actions But the uninformed player … rational player does not benefit from developing a reputation In the case of equally patient players I show that the folk … Thomas (1993) argue that reputation effects can rule out outcomes permitted by the folk theorem regardless of how small the …

We investigate the impact of self-organized reputation versus certification by an independent institution on demand for … independent institution increase demand more than feedback-based reputation. This result is important for markets where the market …

of privately known competence, who cares about his reputation, chooses the timing of the forecast regarding the outcome …. Further, any report hurts the forecaster's reputation in the short run, with later reports incurring larger penalties. The … reputation of a silent forecaster, on the other hand, gradually improves over time. …

have preferences over possible opponents. We model reputation as a noisy observation of actual propensity to cooperate and … illustrate how reputation based choice of opponents can explain both the emergence and deterioration of cooperation. We show that … risk of damaging their reputation as nice, cooperative persons. …

to cooperate, called reputation, and form preferences over opponents based on their reputation. A game takes place when … two agents agree to play. Pareto optimal cooperation is evolutionarily stable when reputation perfectly reflects … propensity to cooperate. With some reputation noise, there will be at least some cooperation. Individual concern for reputation …