On the convergence to the Nash bargaining solution for endogenous bargaining protocols


METADATA ONLY
Loading...

Date

2012-06

Publication Type

Working Paper

ETH Bibliography

no

Citations

Altmetric
METADATA ONLY

Data

Rights / License

Abstract

We consider non-cooperative multilateral bargaining games with endogenous bargaining protocols. Under an endogenous protocol, the probability with which a player becomes the proposer in a round of bargaining depends on the identity of the player who previously rejected. An important example is the frequently studied rejector-becomes-proposer protocol. We focus on subgame perfect equilibria in stationary strategies which are shown to exist and to be efficient. Equilibrium proposals do not depend on the probability to propose conditional on the rejection by another player, though equilibrium acceptance sets do depend on these probabilities. Next we consider the limit, as the bargaining friction vanishes. In case no player has a positive probability to propose conditional on his rejection, each player receives his utopia payoff conditional on being recognized and equilibrium payoffs are in general Pareto inefficient. Otherwise, equilibrium proposals of all players converge to a weighted Nash Bargaining Solution, where the weights are determined by the probability to propose conditional on a rejection.

Publication status

published

External links

Editor

Book title

Volume

Pages / Article No.

Publisher

Maastricht University

Event

Edition / version

Methods

Software

Geographic location

Date collected

Date created

Subject

Strategic Bargaining; Subgame Perfect Equilibrium; Stationary Strategies; Nash Bargaining Solution

Organisational unit

03729 - Gersbach, Hans / Gersbach, Hans check_circle

Notes

Funding

Related publications and datasets