Public trust and government betrayal

Rules Rather than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plans

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Behavioral Decision Making, Game Theory, Optimal Plans +23

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Robert J. Barro, D. Benjamin Gordon · Journal of Monetary Economics · 1983 · 3.6K citations

Monetary Policy, Economics, Monetary Theory +5

Reputation and imperfect information

David M. Kreps, Robert Wilson · Journal of Economic Theory · 1982 · 3.1K citations

Accounting, Reputation Management, Bias +7

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Paul Milgrom, John Roberts · Journal of Economic Theory · 1982 · 1.9K citations

Behavioral Sciences, Social Behavior, Predator-prey Interaction +3

A Theory of Ambiguity, Credibility, and Inflation under Discretion and Asymmetric Information

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