Gossip, or sharing information about absent others, has been identified as an effective
solution to free rider problems in situations with conflicting interests. Yet, the information …

The contributions of the “sharing economy”(SE) have been explored across various
disciplines. Although prior literature reviews have mapped the breadth of SE phenomena …

Reputation systems promote cooperation in large-scale online markets for illegal goods.
These so-called cryptomarkets operate on the Dark Web, where legal, social, and moral trust …

The possibility that gossipers may share dishonest reputational information is a key
challenge to claims that gossip can shore up cooperation in social groups. It has been …

Criminal capital theory suggests more experienced offenders receive higher returns from
crime. Offenders who accrue skills over their criminal career are better able to minimise …

Sharing economy platforms commonly claim to bring about positive social impacts, such as
facilitating contact between individuals that would not have met otherwise. According to …

This study explores the role of provenance in bidding behavior in a blockchain marketplace
for NFTs. We analyze how the information inferred from the ownership chain of NFTs affects …

Buyers in online markets pay higher prices to sellers who promise a high-quality product in
auctions of used goods, even though they cannot assess quality until after the sale. The …

Although buyers in unregulated markets depend heavily on reputational information in the
absence of state oversight, few studies examine how the riskiness of a good may condition …

Platform workers can typically not take their ratings from one platform to another. This
creates lock-in as building up reputation anew can come at prohibitively high cost. A system …