The authors examine a firm able to adopt an innovation of uncertain profitability; reject the innovation; or delay deciding in order to acquire information on profitability. Deriving the optim al strategy from established sequential sampling literature, the authors constru ct a theory of the...

This paper examines an infinite-horizon bargaining model, incorporating two-sided incomplete information, uncertainty concerning the potential gains from trade, an illumination of interesting qualitative bargaining issues, and plausible equilibria. These features have powerful implications. A...