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Simultaneous-offers bargaining with a mediator

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An arbitrator is often introduced into bargaining to avoid disagreement. The arbitrator's role is to impose some agreement when negotiators cannot reach an agreement. However, in models with an arbitrator, a fair agreement for negotiators is eliminated from equilibrium outcomes if the arbitrator is biased. To avoid disagreement without eliminating the achievability of a fair agreement in equilibrium, we consider introducing a mediator. While an arbitrator imposes an agreement, a mediator can only give advice. We analyze a simultaneous-offers bargaining model with a mediator and obtain the following desirable results. First, disagreement is not supported as an outcome of a stationary subgame perfect equilibrium (SSPE). Second, even if a mediator is biased, the fair agreement in the sense of the Nash bargaining solution (NBS) is always one of the SSPE agreements. Finally, if a mediator is fair, negotiators always reach an agreement with the NBS in SSPE.

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  • Hanato, Shunsuke, 2019. "Simultaneous-offers bargaining with a mediator," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 361-379.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:gamebe:v:117:y:2019:i:c:p:361-379
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.07.008
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    Keywords

    Simultaneous-offers bargaining; Mediator; Bias; Nash bargaining solution; Disagreement;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation

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