A. Einführung - B. Tauschringe: einige Grundlagen: Was Tauschringe sind und wie sie funktionieren - Geschichte und neuere Entwicklung der Tauschringe - Ziele, Probleme und Möglichkeiten der Tauschringe - Rechtsfragen - Zusammenfassung - C. Tauschringe: neue Organisationen in der...

Recently, Blanchard and Kremer (BK) argued that disorganization has led to the output decline in the former Soviet Union. In this paper we introduce liquidity and credit constraints into the BK model and show how these problems can alleviate the hold-up problem. We argue further that barter...

This study empirically examines online peer-to-peer (P2P) barter markets, in which individuals trade goods or services without the use of money. Using detailed transaction data and weblog data from a leading online P2P barter market for books, we examine the role of reciprocal relationships in...