Exploring Image Motivation in Promise Keeping - An Experimental Investigation
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Keywords
Trust; Communication; Promises; Image Concerns; Beliefs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2019-05-20 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2019-05-20 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-05-20 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2019-05-20 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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