Repeat players resolve disputes outside courts to preserve ongoing relationships

Evidence

RP versus RP Many repeat players interact frequently with other repeat players. Examples include unions and companies, regulators and regulated firms, and builders and suburbs. To avoid jeopardizing these ongoing, mutually beneficial relationships, repeat players tend to develop mechanisms outside the courts to resolve their disputes. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1115

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to private arbitration familiar from the diamond-trade bourse materials (Law Merchant, Opting out of the Legal System). — connects to: Ongoing business relationships push repeat players to resolve disputes outside courts. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2267; Frequent business counterparts resolve disputes privately to protect ongoing relationships; Repeated encounters create emotional bonds in addition to strategic incentives — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 953 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Ongoing business relationships push repeat players to resolve disputes outside courts. #expands (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2267
• Frequent business counterparts resolve disputes privately to protect ongoing relationships #corroborates (0.98)
• Ongoing relations make the trusted party’s own interests compel fulfilling trust #expands (0.88) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 112
• Cause-oriented and government repeat players litigate despite relational costs #qualifies (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1116
• Repeated encounters create emotional bonds in addition to strategic incentives #expands (0.82) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 953
• A continuing relationship functions as a forfeitable bond against cheating. #expands (0.78) — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 2
• Self-reinforcing agreements substitute for interpersonal trust. #expands (0.74) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1538
• Tit-for-tat stability requires both players to believe the other will reciprocate #expands (0.72) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2814