# kaal:claim:7456999-020

**Claim.** The mechanism's non-transferability constraint is a design choice motivated by analogy to inalienable human capital, not a result derived from that literature.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- the REP token design in RLRF

**Source quote.**

> The non-transferability constraint itself is a design choice of this mechanism, taken by analogy from Hart and Moore (1994) on the inalienability of human capital rather than derived from it.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback* (2026), I. Introduction, page 6

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7456999

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `01016fbbcc25cad205cebd59ea686d8dfee8ae9b632095d86ba6c9a900456a4b` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Reinforcement%20Learning%20from%20Reputation%20Feedback.pdf

**Topics.** reputation, economics, institutional-design

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