We study a duopoly where the two price setting firms have symmetric information. The firms produce substitute goods with a state dependent common value. The information that is available to both firms about the unknown state of nature is also available to the consumers, who also have access to...

We study a monopolist that uses the following scheme to gauge market traction for its common-value, excludible product. The monopolist offers its product at a given price, and each potential consumer decides whether to buy it. The contributions are collected. The product is supplied only if the...

Society uses the following mechanism to decide on the supply of a public good. Each agent canchoose whether or not to contribute to the good. Contributions are collected, and the good issupplied whenever total contributions exceed a threshold. We study the case where the publicgood is...