Intermediaries in Trust: Indirect Reciprocity, Incentives, and Norms

Any trust situation involves a certain amount of risk for trustors that trustees could abuse. In some cases, intermediaries exist who play a crucial role in the exchange by providing reputational information. To examine under what conditions intermediary opinion could have a positive impact on coope...

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Main Authors: Giangiacomo Bravo, Flaminio Squazzoni, Károly Takács
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/234528