We study conditional cooperation based on a sequential two-person linear public good game in which a trusting first contributor can be exploited by a second contributor. After playing this game the first contributor is allowed to punish the second contributor. The consequences of sanctioning...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: Theory -- 1 Active Units and Praxeological Problems -- 2 Potency -- 3 Conflicts and Their Resolution -- 4 The Concept of Strategy -- 5 The Stability of Systems of Active Units -- 6 International Relations Theory...

The main insight of this paper is that moral behavior does not necessarily alleviate coordination problems or may even worsen them, if individuals possess different degrees of morality. We characterize heterogenous Alger-Weibull morality preferences in a canonical model of voluntary...

Moya Chin's (2023) paper argues that politicians in two-round majoritarian systems have to appeal more broadly than those in single-round elections. The author uses data for mayoral elections in Brazil. The key findings of the paper conclude that of two-round systems (1) fostering inclusiveness,...