their relative size on the profitability of negotiated agreements. -- Bargaining ; Conflict ; Agency Problem … protocol or a conflict to appropriate the surplus. In the cooperative negotiations, disagreement corresponds to a pro rata … which conflict will be preferred to negotiated agreements (and vice versa), and we derive welfare implications. Finally, we …

protocol or a conflict to appropriate the surplus. In the cooperative negotiations, disagreement corresponds to a pro rata … which conflict will be preferred to negotiated agreements (and vice versa), and we derive welfare implications. Finally, we …

In the context of international bargaining, standard models predict that a shift in military power can cause preventive … war because it changes the relative bargaining position between states. We find that shifts in military power are not the … the relative bargaining position changes substantially. -- Bargaining ; commitment problems ; shifts in power …

option is a probabilistic conflict and a peaceful agreement is ex ante efficient. Applications include partnership, labor …-management bargaining, pretrial negotiations, and international negotiations. I compute the set of interim incentive efficient mechanisms …, the ex ante incentive efficient mechanism, as well as the neutral bargaining solution. I numerically illustrate that the …

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

/2; if neither offer falls into the interval, there is no settlement. Comparisons are made with other bargaining mechanisms …

of bargaining, where offers are made, with claim stages, where one side can commit to impose surrender on the other … both wrong. Bargaining proposals that are rejected initially might eventually be accepted after several periods of … strengths of contenders at attack and defense. Changes in these parameters display non-monotonic effects. -- bargaining …

experimental results suggest: In a simple bargaining game with an exogenous mediation proposal, the likelihood of conflict is … independent of the balance of power. If bargaining involves endogenous demand choices, however, the likelihood of conflict is …We study the role of an imbalance in fighting strengths when players bargain in the shadow of conflict. Our …

Two individuals are involved in a conflict situation in which preferences are ex ante uncertain. While they eventually …