Strikes, just as other types of conflict, used to be difficult to explain from an economic perspective. Initially, it …

bargaining models between unions and firms. While the Nash bargaining solution is unaffected by minimum wages below initially … bargained wages, we show that such minimum wages can drive up wages - and be harmful to employment - when bargaining follows the …

We analyse the two-dimensional Nash bargaining solution (NBS) deploying a standard labour market negotiations model … (McDonald and Solow, 1981). We show that the two-dimensional bargaining problem can be decomposed into two one … implications for actual negotiations, as it allows for the decomposition of a multi-dimensional bargaining problem into simpler …

such as race, gender, or ethnicity is much less acceptable. Why? I develop a simple rent-seeking model of conflict which is …

-contractible up-front investments to improve their bargaining position and gain advantage for possible future conflict. Bargaining is … player winning in Conflict is higher than the share received under Nash bargaining. We thus provide a rationale for conflict … efficient ex post, but we show that a player may prefer Conflict ex ante if there are sufficient asymmetries in strength. There …

We consider ultimatum bargaining over the provision of a public good. Offer-maker and responder can delegate their …

Strikes, just as other types of conflict, used to be difficult to explain from an economic perspective. Initially, it …

I revisit the Rubinstein (1982) model for the classic problem of price haggling and show that bargaining can become a … of fixed bargaining costs). Augmenting the protocol with unilateral exit options for responding bargainers generally …

I revisit the Rubinstein (1982) model for the classic problem of price haggling and show that bargaining can become a … of fixed bargaining costs). Augmenting the protocol with unilateral exit options for responding bargainers generally …