Empirical experience and theory both suggest that policy reforms can be aborted or reversed if they lack sufficient … credibility, One reason for such credibility problems is the legitimate doubt regarding how serious the government really is about … going overboard: the government will have to go much farther than it would have chosen to in the absence of the credibility …

We investigate how the selection of assurance topics and the format of their communication influence the credibility … sustainability assurance practices. Based on signaling theory and using an experimental approach, we are the first to examine false … credibility signals in the context of sustainability assurance. We find that two variables related to sustainability assurance …

We investigate how the selection of assurance topics and the format of their communication influence the credibility … sustainability assurance practices. Based on signaling theory and using an experimental approach, we are the first to examine false … credibility signals in the context of sustainability assurance. We find that two variables related to sustainability assurance …

renegotiation, potentially undermining the credibility of cooperative strategies. To explore this issue, this paper experimentally … the credibility of pre-play messages may depend crucially on future communication opportunities …