which firms slant their reports toward the prior beliefs of their customers in order to build a reputation for quality. Bias …

. Supported by the signaling theory, we argue that ownership relations channel reputation spillovers between shareholders and …We propose a novel way to measure the reputation of firms by using information about their ownership structure … their invested companies. We model such reputation spillovers by means of a simple dynamics that runs on the ownership …

and whether investors rely on them to mitigate risks. In particular, we examine the effect of trustee reputation on …. Our findings suggest that trustees' reputation was deemed more important when information asymmetries in credit markets …

We study a firm's incentives to build and maintain reputation for quality, when quality is persistent and can be … investment– depend only on the firm's reputation. MPE vary in frequency of certification and payoffs, but are generally …

avoidance to minimize unwanted scrutiny that could impair the firms' reputation. We identify a set of firms with valuable … consumer reputation using Harris Interactive's EquiTrend survey, which surveys consumers about their perceptions of valuable …

monopolistic certifier can be hump-shaped in its reputation for accuracy: a higher accuracy attracts high-quality sellers but … one certifier, competition plays a disciplining role and the region where reputation is bad shrinks. Conversely, this …

“reputation risk” posed by doing business with the National Rifle Association (a gun rights advocacy group). As part of Operation … “reputation risk.” Another federal regulator warns banks their reputations might be damaged by lending to oil and gas companies … that are perceived to cause environmental harm. Reputation risk is the risk that bank stakeholders will negatively change …

event that prompts agencies to improve the rating process to recover their reputation. Agencies efforts seems to be greater …

reputation: “Reputation Failure.” By spotlighting the public-good nature of reviews, rankings, and even gossip, this Article … biases that systematically distort it. The Article argues that these distortions are inherent to most systems of reputation … and that they make reputation far less reliable than traditionally understood.The limits of reputation highlight the …