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Informational Disadvantage and Bargaining Power

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  • Sung-Hyuk Ko

    (ETRI)

  • Byoung Heon Jun

    (Department of Economics, Korea University)

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We consider an alternating offer model where the size of the total surplus is stochastic. Furthermore, the size changes during the time when the offer is being considered. As a result the responder may obtain more information than the proposer. We analyze how the asymmetry in ability to access good information affects the bargaining power, both in terms of the resulting share and in terms of the delay in agreement.

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  • Sung-Hyuk Ko & Byoung Heon Jun, 2007. "Informational Disadvantage and Bargaining Power," Discussion Paper Series 0711, Institute of Economic Research, Korea University.
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