We present a novel approach to N-person bargaining, based on the idea that the agreement reached in a negotiation is … determined by how the direct conflict resulting from disagreement would be resolved. Our basic building block is the disagreement … individual rationality we reach a unique solution: the agreement in the shadow of conflict, ASC. This agreement may be construed …

We present a novel approach to N-person bargaining, based on the idea that the agreement reached in a negotiation is … determined by how the direct conflict resulting from disagreement would be resolved. Our basic building block is the disagreement … bargaining problem, a weak axiom based on individual rationality leads to a unique solution: the agreement in the shadow of …

a debate on the right model can help distinguish between competing theories in the conflict literature. This is …

We study how conflict in a contest game is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … punish each other. Our main motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The relevant theoretical … prediction in our setting is that conflict expenditures are independent of group size and independent of whether punishment is …

In this paper we study a behavioral model of conflict that provides a basis for choosing certain indices of dispersion … as indicators for conflict. We show that the (equilibrium) level of conflict can be expressed as an (approximate) linear …

We analyze a model of conflict with endogenous choice of effort, where subsets of the contenders may force the …

. In the spirit of the Nash Bargaining Solution, our concept is founded on the predicted outcomes of simultaneous, two …-solution exists and is unique. It belongs to the bargaining set and to the core whenever the latter is not empty. In fact, when the … selection of the bargaining set. Finally, we discuss how theR-solution changes important conclusions of several well known …

matching protocol, but does not interfere with the bargaining, eliminates all delay. Even though this efficient centralized …