In this paper we claim that modeling financial markets based on probability theory is a severe systematic mistake that led to the global financial crisis. We argue that the crisis was not just the result of risk managers using outdated financial data; we think that the employed efficiency...

Cooperation problems are at the heart of many everyday situations. In this paper, we propose a very simple and light-handed mechanism to sustain cooperation and test its performance in a rich laboratory environment. The mechanism moderates cooperation by controlling experiences, more...