. This article proposes a theory — here coined ‘deal theory’ — to explain ‘dealor’ behaviours and motivations for offering … unfair deals. The theory builds on insights offered by relational contract theory, the ultimatum bargaining game and … deals, by using the insights offered by deal theory, can help improve legal, administrative, economic and other measures …

-player variable-threat model; a key feature is the commitment to "threats." We establish links to classical cooperative game theory …

vereinfachen, aber auch die Macht im Ministerrat zugunsten der vier größten Staaten, insbesondere Deutschlands, verlagern. Für die … Macht, wie z.B. Präferenzen der Staaten, werden von diesen Maßen nicht berücksichtigt. Machtindizes dienen in dieser Analyse …With the accession of ten new member states to the EU in May 2004, the existing power distribution between the EU …

Finland. Various power indices were calculated and compared to seat ratios and participation in Government. The numerical …This is a report of an analysis of voting power in the Finnish Parliament. The purpose of the analysis was (a) to … reveal some characteristics of the indices for measuring a priori voting power, (b) to discuss the descriptive power of the …

preferences. Initial experimental sessions showed greater proposer power under Costs than Gains, contrary to what would be … greater proposer power under Costs resulted from concerns about being left out of the winning coalition, thereby wiping out … difference in proposer power over the last five bargaining rounds, consistent with standard expected utility maximizers. This …