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Alternating Offers in Economic Environments

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  • Harold Houba

    (Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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This discussion paper resulted in an article in Economics Letters (2007). Vol. 96, pp. 316-324. The Nash bargaining solution of a modified bargaining problem in the contract space yields the pair of stationary subgame perfect equilibrium proposals in the alternating offers model, also for positive time between proposals. As time vanishes, convergence to the Nash bargaining solution is immediate by the Maximum Theorem. Numerical implementation in standard optimization packages is straightforward.

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  • Harold Houba, 0000. "Alternating Offers in Economic Environments," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 05-064/1, Tinbergen Institute.
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    Keywords

    Bargaining; Negotiation; Alternating offers; subgame perfect equilibrium; Nash bargaining solution; Maximum Theorem; Applied General Equilibrium;
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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

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