Abstract: Im Mittelpunkt des Werkes steht die Suche nach einer angemessenen Erklärung des Underpricing von Aktienerstemissionen. Eine ausführliche Analyse bestehender Modelle zeigt eine Vorherrschaft formaler Gleichgewichtskonzepte der neoklassischen Informationsökonomie. Keiner der aktuellen...

This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The experimental design extends the basic Bala-Goyal (2000) model of network formation with decay and two-way flow of benefits by allowing for agents with lower linking costs or higher...

We examine self-referential games in which there is a chance of understanding an opponent's intentions. Our main focus is on the interaction of two sources of information about opponents' play: direct observation of the opponent's code-of-conduct, and indirect observation of the opponent's play...

We consider a mechanism design setting in which agents can acquire costly information on their preferences as well as others'. The choice of the mechanism generates informational incentives as it affects what information is acquired before play begins. A mechanism is informationally simple if...