TY  - GEN
TI  - The miracle as a randomization device: a lesson from Richard Wagner's romantic opera Tannhauser und der Sankerkrieg auf Wartburg
KW  - B11
KW  -  C72
KW  -  K14
KW  -  Z11
KW  -  Z12
UR  - http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/newweb/papers.php#2006
AV  - public
ID  - discovery14536
CY  - London, UK
T3  - ELSE Working Papers
PB  - ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution
A1  - Harmgart, H.
A1  - Huck, S.
A1  - Muller, W.
Y1  - 2007/12//
N2  - 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.
ER  -