This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal as a natural experiment to
provide evidence that collective reputation externalities are economically significant. Using a …

This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal as a natural experiment to provide
evidence that collective reputation externalities matter for firms. We find that the Volkswagen …

This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal as a natural experiment to provide
causal evidence that group reputation externalities matter for firms. Our estimates show …

In this study, we use the announcement of the Volkswagen emissions scandalon September
18, 2015, as an exogenous shock to measure consumers' willing-ness to pay (WTP) for …

Abstract This paper tests Tirole (1996)'s theory about the link between individual and
collective reputation. We estimate an interaction model in which a single collective …

As the internet has increasingly become more social, the value of individual reputations has
risen, and a new currency based on reputation has been created. This means that not only …

While a business's reputation can impact its pricing, prices can also impact its reputation. To
explore the effect of prices on reputation, we investigate daily data on menu prices and …

This paper examines the value of seller reputation for e‐retailers trading via a price
comparison site (PCS). E‐markets are widely held to accommodate sellers of differing …

We study the life-cycle effects of reputation using a panel data set consisting of a 25%
random sample of all sellers on China's largest e-commerce platform, Taobao. com. We find …

We use an exhaustive data set from one of France's largest e-commerce platforms,
PriceMinister. com, to estimate a statistical causal effect of a seller's reputation (rating and …