Theories about unique equilibrium selection are often rejected in experimental investigations. We drop the idea of selecting a single prominent equilibrium but suggest the coexistence of different beliefs about "appropriate" equilibrium or non-equilibrium play. Our main selection criterion is...

In an economic theory of voting, voters have positive or negative costs of voting in favor of a proposal and positive or negative benefits from an accepted proposal. When votes have equal weight then simultaneous voting mostly has a unique pure strategy Nash equilibrium which is independent of...

The main goal of collective punishment (CP) is the deterrence of future "wrong-doing" by freedom fighters or terrorists, protesters against an authoritative government, polluters, students playing pranks on their teacher, football teams lacking enthusiasm, or soldiers showing cowardice to the...

Klimaneutralität in Europa gegen Mitte des Jahrhunderts erfordert die Ablösung fossiler Energieträger durch die direkte oder indirekte Nutzung regenerativ erzeugten Stroms in den Sektoren Wärme und Mobilität sowie der Industrie. Die direkte Elektrifizierung und der indirekte Weg über...