We present a version of Baliga and Sjöström’s (2012a) conflict games with two asymmetric players. The players …

war because it changes the relative bargaining position between states. We find that shifts in military power are not the …In the context of international bargaining, standard models predict that a shift in military power can cause preventive … only cause of war under commitment problems and that commitment problems per se are not necessarily a cause of war even if …

We analyze a dynamic model of bargaining and war with rich sets of strategic options. There are two states located on a … over objects that influence future bargaining power. That is, it is valuable to have more territory, not only because it … brings higher utility, but also because it increases future bargaining power, as it can be used to generate military …

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 …

resource. If challenger rejects, conflict ensues. During conflict each player could be a tough type for whom fighting is … shadow of exogenously specified conflicts, the rejected offer determines how conflict is played if negotiations fail. In turn …, how players are expected to play during conflict determines their negotiating positions. In equilibrium, negotiations …

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 …

by a draw from an Ellsberg urn. In a within-subject experiment, subjects make decisions in three different bargaining … mechanisms: unstructured bargaining, the Texas shoot-out, and a K + 1 auction. We find that the K +1 auction is the most e¢ cient … mechanism, which is in line with theory. Free format bargaining yields a surprising number of disagreements, which are not …

We experimentally investigate the effect of time pressure in a rich-context, unstructured bargaining game with earned … explained by a stronger connection between the tension in first proposals and the final bargaining outcome under time pressure …