Repeated Interactions vs. Social Ties: Quantifying the Economic Value of Trust, Forgiveness, and Reputation Using a Field Experiment
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Keywords
Trust; Forgiveness; Social Ties; Repeated Games;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2014-10-22 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-10-22 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2014-10-22 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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