We present a novel approach to N-person bargaining based on the idea that the agreement reached in a negotiation is determined by how the direct conflict resulting from disagreement would be resolved. Our basic building block is the disagreement function, which maps each set of feasible outcomes into a disagreement point. Adding this function to the description of the bargaining problem, a weak axiom based on individual rationality leads to a unique solution: the agreement in the shadow of conclift, ASC. This agreement must be constructed as a sequence of partial agreements, each of which is reached as a function of the parties' relative power in the disagreement scenario. We also provide non-cooperative implementation.
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Find related papers by JEL classification: C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances
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O'Neill, Barry & Samet, Dov & Wiener, Zvi & Winter, Eyal, 2004.
"Bargaining with an agenda,"
Games and Economic Behavior,
Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 139-153, July.
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Barry O'Neill & Dov Samet & Zvi Wiener & Eyal Winter, 2002.
"Bargaining with an Agenda,"
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dp315, Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Theory, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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