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On Risk Aversion and Bargaining Outcomes

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Volij, Oscar
Winter, Eyal

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We revisit the well-known result that asserts that an increase in the degree of one's risk aversion improves the position of one's opponents. To this end, we apply Yaari's dual theory of choice under risk both to Nash's bargaining problem and to Rubinstein's game of alternating offers. Under this theory, unlike under expected utility, risk aversion influences the bargaining outcome only when this outcome is random, namely, when the players are risk lovers. In this case, an increase in one's degree of risk aversion increases one's share of the pie.

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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number 10130.

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Date of creation: 20 Dec 2002
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Publication status: Published in Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 120-140.
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  1. Nir Dagan & Oscar Volij & Eyal Winter, 2001. "The time-preference Nash solution," Economic theory and game theory 019, Nir Dagan. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Ross Cressman, Maria Gallego, 2005. "On the Ranking of Bilateral Bargaining Opponents," Working Papers eg0043, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Economics, revised 2005. [Downloadable!]
  3. Oscar Volij, 2002. "A Remark on Bargaining and Non-Expected Utility," Economic theory and game theory 016, Oscar Volij. [Downloadable!]
  4. Kohlscheen, Emanuel & O’Connell, Stephen, 2008. "On Risk Aversion in the Rubinstein Bargaining Game," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 878, University of Warwick, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Peters,Hans & Köbberling,Vera, 2000. "The Effect of Decision Weights in Bargaining Problems," Research Memoranda 037, Maastricht : METEOR, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization. [Downloadable!]
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