We report experimental findings on the role of charitable promises in bargaining settings. We vary the enforceability of such promises within variants of ultimatum games where the proposer suggest a split between himself, the responder and a char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges,...

This paper analyses the role of ratification quotas in multilateral agreements over emission reduction. The higher is the quota, the lower is the level of emissions in case the agreement comes into force, but the higher is also the risk of failure. In a setting with incomplete information, two...

We examine a monopolistic supplier's decision about a pure public good when he/she must negotiate with beneficiaries of the good. In our model, while the level of the public good is decided unilaterally by the supplier, the cost share of the public good is negotiated between the supplier and...

SWD-Schlagwörter: Soziales Dilemma, Verhandlung, Konfliktlösung, Öffentliches Gut. - Freie Schlagwörter (Deutsch): Soziales Dilemma, Verhandlung, Regulatorischer Fokus, Konfliktlösung. - Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): Social dilemma, negotiation, regulatroy focus, conflict resolution, commons