%L discovery14536
%I ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution
%D 2007
%T The miracle as a randomization device: a lesson from Richard Wagner's romantic opera Tannhauser und der Sankerkrieg auf Wartburg
%X 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.
%K B11, C72, K14, Z11, Z12
%A H. Harmgart
%A S. Huck
%A W. Muller
%C London, UK
%N 187
%S ELSE Working Papers