In a recent paper Konrad and Thum (2014) present a model that shows that unilateral pre-commitment reduces the likelihood of agreement in bilateral negotiations over the provision of a public good when parties have private information over their contribution costs. We test the model in a...

Jost [Jost, L., 2006. Entropy and diversity. Oikos, 113: 363-374.] recently discussed Hill's [Hill, M., 1973. Diversity and evenness: a unifying notation and its consequences. Ecology, 54: 427-431.] effective number of species and concluded by naming it the "true" diversity. In this note we...

In a recent paper Konrad and Thum (2014) present a model that shows that unilateral pre-commitment reduces the likelihood of agreement in bilateral negotiations over the provision of a public good when parties have private information over their contribution costs. We test the model in a...

In a recent paper Konrad and Thum (2014) present a model that shows that unilateral pre-commitment reduces the likelihood of agreement in bilateral negotiations over the provision of a public good when parties have private information over their contribution costs. We test the model in a...