How homes sell matters for housing price dynamics. Auction prices forecast better, display less momentum and help forecast economic activity much better than negotiated prices. This is consistent with mechanisms transmitting buyer vs. seller shocks to prices differently and, in light of auction...

In this paper we examine the effects of limited liability on mortgage dynamics. While the literature has focused on default rates, renegotiation, or loan rates individually, we study them together as equilibrium outcomes of the strategic interaction between lenders and borrowers. We present a...

The paper investigates newsvendor problem for a dyadic supply chain in which both the supplier and the retailer are concerned with fairness. Nash bargaining solution is introduced as the fairness reference point and equilibrium results are derived. The effects of fairness concerns on optimal...

In a longterm relationship between two parties, one party's threat of a unilateral violation of an initial contract may induce a renegotiation of the contract. As a renegotiation may result in one party capturing some of the return from the other's investments, this possibility may lead to...

We establish axioms under which a bargaining solution can be found by the maximization of the CES function and is unique up to specifications of the distribution and elasticity parameters. This solution is referred to as the CES solution which includes the Nash and egalitarian solutions as...