The limits of trust in economic transactions: Investigations of perfect reputation systems

eTRUST: Forming relationships in the online world

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 15-36

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Ockenfels, Axel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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