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

This paper analyzes the implications of bilateral bargaining over wages and employment between a producer and a union …. Wages and aggregate employment levels are set according to an efficient (Nash) bargaining agreement while the commodity … the total production surplus, efficient bargaining implies no efficiency loss in production. Depending on the level of …

We conduct multi-person one-shot ultimatum games that reflect important aspects of collective bargaining. In all …

I empirically test for a separating equilibrium in the bargaining contract of National Football League (NFL) contract …

We construct game theoretic foundations for bargaining in the shadow of a trial. Plaintiff and defendant both have …

potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids … a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough, then any contract must assign a positive probability of conflict. We … show how the likelihood of conflict outbreak depends on the distribution of power between the agents and their information …

commitment of donors must not be in doubt. For these conditions to be in place, conflict resolution must be in donors' interests …

power. When parties are risk-averse, a self-enforcing peace agreement may not be feasible. The bargaining power of the …