Harmgart, H. and Huck, S. and Muller, W. (2007) The miracle as a randomization device: a lesson from Richard Wagner's romantic opera Tannhauser und der Sankerkrieg auf Wartburg. (ELSE Working Papers 187). ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution: London, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper we provide textual evidence on the sophistication of medieval deterrence strategies. Drawing on one of the great opera librettos based on medieval sources, Wagner’s Tannhäuser, we shall illustrate the use of optimal randomization strategies that can be derived by applying notions of dominance or trembling-hand perfection. Particular attention is paid to the employed randomization device.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | The miracle as a randomization device: a lesson from Richard Wagner's romantic opera Tannhauser und der Sankerkrieg auf Wartburg |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/newweb/papers.php#2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | B11, C72, K14, Z11, Z12 |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences > Economics |
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