We introduce collective bargaining in a static framework where the firm and its risk-neutralemployees negotiate over wages in a non-binding contract setting. Our main result is theequivalence between the non-binding collective equilibrium wage-employment contract andthe equilibrium contract...

We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertaintyinfluence the decision to start R&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between aproportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is modelled as a lotterybetween a decrease and...