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Hidden Information, Bargaining Power, And Efficiency: An Experiment

Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2011

We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of bargaining power on the design and the selection of contracts in a hidden-information context. In our benchmark case, each principal is matched with one agent of unknown type. In our second treatment, a principal can select...

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A sharing mechanism for superadditive and non-superadditive logistics cooperation

Xu, Xiaozhou; Pan, Shenle; Ballot, Eric - HAL - 2013

The lack of a stable, fair and generally applicable sharing mechanism is one of the most noticeable impediments to the implementation of logistics cooperation. Most of the current literature on the sharing mechanism in logistics cooperation focuses on superadditive logistics cooperation games,...

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North-South Climate Change Negotiations:a Sequential Game with Asymmetric Information

Caparros, Alexandro; Pereau, Jean-Christophe; Tazdait, Tarik - HAL - 2004

This article determines the conditions under which theSouthern countries should act together, or separately, while negotiating with the North about climate change policy and about the conditions for future Southern engagement. The paper models the international negotiations with complete and...

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A mechanism for solving bargaining problems between risk averse players

Tanimura, Emily; Thoron, Sylvie - HAL - 2008

We propose a mechanism for resolving bargaining problems.The mechanism allows two players to make a sequence of simultaneous propositions. At any step, as long as the players have not reached an agreement, they can choose to implement a lottery between the different propositions. In this aspect,...

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Labour relations quality and productivity : An empirical analysis on French firms

Cette, Gilbert; Dromel, Nicolas; Lecat, Rémy; Paret, … - HAL - 2012

This analysis characterizes empirically how good labour relations can alleviate the negative impact on productivity of regulatory constraints or workforce opposition. Our evidence of good labour relations lies in the existence of binding collective agreements, at the firm or at the industry...

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Government Extension of Collective Bargaining Agreements

Margolis, David - HAL - 1994

In many European countries, the government has the right to choose a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by a group of employers in an industry and, by decree, make it applicable to all firms in the industry. This paper considers a model of participation in the negotiations, allowing for...

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Strategic Outsourcing through Specifications

Nellore, Rajesh; Soderquist, Klas - HAL - 2000

Outsourcing is one of the top priorities on the strategic agenda of Original Equipment Manufacturers [OEMs] in many … industries. The decision of outsourcing an activity as opposed to doing it in-house and the development of a part or parts system … specifications might play in outsourcing decisions. Based on how the specification is generated and on the nature of the data it …

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Reducing the debt : is it optimal to outsource an investment?

Espinosa, Gilles Edouard; Hillairet, Caroline; … - HAL - 2013

We deal with the problem of outsourcing the debt for a big investment, according two situations: either the firm …

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The determinants of total IT outsourcing: An empirical investigation of French and German firms

Barthelemy, Jérôme; Geyer, Dominique - HAL - 2004

contemplate IT outsourcing have two alternatives: (1) outsource part of their IT activity (i.e., "selective outsourcing") or (2 …) outsource their entire IT activity (i.e., "total outsourcing"). It has been repeatedly reported that total IT outsourcing …

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An empirical investigation of IT outsourcing vs. quasi-outsourcing in France and Germany

Barthelemy, Jérôme; Geyer, Dominique - HAL - 2005

outsourcing have two alternatives: (1) a contract with a vendor (i.e., outsourcing) or (2) setting up their own IT subsidiary (i ….e., quasi-outsourcing). This study examines some of the determinants of the outsourcing versus quasi-outsourcing decision. Using …

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