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Audited reputation

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  • Xu, Hong
  • Chen, Jianqing
  • Whinston, Andrew B.

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We study reputations with imperfect audit and a reputation market. The main result shows the existence of a separating equilibrium in the reputation market, which contrasts with Tadelis [Tadelis, S., 2002, The market for reputations as an incentive mechanism, Journal of Political Economy 110(4), 854-882].

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  • Xu, Hong & Chen, Jianqing & Whinston, Andrew B., 2008. "Audited reputation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 100(3), pages 359-362, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:3:p:359-362
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