Publications



Coordination under threshold uncertainty in a public goods game

Working paper by Alessandro Tavoni, Astrid Dannenberg, Andreas Löschel, Gabriele Paolacci, Christiane Reif on 1 Nov 2011

We explored experimentally how threshold uncertainty affects coordination success in a threshold public goods game. Whereas all groups succeeded in providing the public good when the … read more »



Do climate targets work?

Research article by Sam Fankhauser on 19 Oct 2011

It is only a small exaggeration to say that climate change policy is dominated by targets. Internationally, the emission reduction commitments of industrialized countries are the cornerstone of the … read more »




On cooperation

Research article by on 6 Sep 2011

In this essay I discuss the role of cooperation in the process of innovation. I argue for a reorientation of the way we conceptualize economic behavior, taking account of … read more »