This paper examines experimentally the reputation building role of disclosure in an investment / trust game. It …

through reputation. We demonstrate that there are situations in which it is optimal for the criminal to always return the … files and situations in which it is not. We argue that the ability to build reputation will depend on how victims … they need to find ways of building a good reputation. …

can be sustained by reputation motives in spite of the inherent conflict of interests between sellers and buyers. In the … absence of “commitment” types, reputation motives are explained as a consequence of equilibrium interplay between the market …, reputation motives do not disappear even after the seller’s ability is revealed. This model is applied to examine the extent to …