Will any gossip do? Gossip does not need to be perfectly accurate to promote trust
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Gossip; Trust; Communication; Experiment;All these keywords.
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- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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