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Bargaining with Linked Disagreement Points

Justin Leroux, HEC Montréal, CIRANO and CIRPÉE, Canada, justin.leroux@hec.ca , Walid Marrouch, Lebanese American University, School of Business, Department of Economics and CIRANO, Lebanon, walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
 
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Justin Leroux and Walid Marrouch (2012), "Bargaining with Linked Disagreement Points", Strategic Behavior and the Environment: Vol. 2: No. 3, pp 259-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/102.00000019

Publication Date: 18 Sep 2012
© 2012 J. Leroux and W. Marrouch
 
Subjects
Group Choice and Negotiation/Bargaining
 
Keywords
C78Q56
Axiomatic bargainingMultiple issuesIssue linkageDisagreement points
 

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Introduction 
Related Literature 
The Model 
Relaxing the Axioms 
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Abstract

In the context of bilateral bargaining, we deal with issue linkage by developing a two-issue cooperative bargaining model. In contrast to the traditional Nash bargaining literature, the axioms we propose focus on the role of the disagreement points. We characterize a new solution that we call the Linked Disagreement Points (LDP) solution, which explicitly links the players' bargaining powers on each issue. We then weaken our axioms in turn, and a family of bargaining rules stands out: the Equal Net Ratio Solutions. These solutions point to Pareto-efficient outcomes such that the relative gains for players are equal across issues. We discuss our results in light of international trade and environmental negotiations, which are often put on the bargaining table in a linked fashion.

DOI:10.1561/102.00000019