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Keywords
Trust; Trustworthiness; Reputation System; Experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2020-04-20 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2020-04-20 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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