This article employs Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate whether, and under what conditions, trust is viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers. Agents develop trust in a partner as a function of observed...

This article employs Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate whether, and under what conditions, trust is viable in markets.The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers.Agents develop trust in a partner as a function of observed...

This paper employs the methodology of Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate under what conditions trust can be viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers. Agents adapt their trust in a partner, the weight...