A Model of Charles Ponzi
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DOI: 10.21033/wp-2025-05
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- Gadi Barlevy & Inês Xavier, 2025. "A Model of Charles Ponzi," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2025-020, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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Keywords
Ponzi scheme; asymmetric information; Reputation; Fraud;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2025-05-26 (Microeconomics)
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