its equilibrium strategy in a repeated but finite game, in order to build an environmental reputation if we suppose that … reputation. Due to the peculiarity of environmental information (green products are credence goods), we claim that an explicit … the reputation effect …

Building on the seminal paper of Ordover, Saloner and Salop (1990), I study the role of reputation building on … foreclosure in laboratory experiments. In one-shot interactions, upstream firms can choose to build a reputation by revealing … their price history to the current upstream competitor. In particular, integrated firms can establish a reputation to …

I show how changes in competition affect the power of reputation to induce sellers to exert effort. The impact of …. To guide the empirical analysis, I develop a model of reputation where the relative number of hosts and guests affects … the value of building a reputation through effort. In this framework, more competition depresses hosts' profits and leads …

Reputation systems constitute an important institution to help sustain trust in online auction markets. However, only …