A theory of agent coordination is, at its core, a theory of reputation governance, because reputation is the variable that operationalizes the Folk Theorems when the participants are software.
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It is the variable that operationalizes the Folk Theorems when the participants are software, and it is the reason a theory of agent coordination is, at its core, a theory of reputation governance.
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Wulf A. Kaal, From Neoclassical to Computative Labor: Foundations for a Testable Theory of Reputation Governance in the Agent Economy (2026), II. The Foundational Theorem, p. 2 https://ssrn.com/abstract=6890879 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, From Neoclassical to Computative Labor: Foundations for a Testable Theory of Reputation Governance in the Agent Economy (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6890879
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