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On the outside-option principle with one-sided options

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This note examines a bargaining game in which a single player has an outside option that can be taken in any period of time. If the outside-option value is close to the efficient frontier, then there exist equilibria that contravene the “outside-option principle.” In particular, the player with the outside option may receive significantly less than his/her equilibrium payoff in the game without it. An example of option-contract renegotiation is provided.

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  • Watson, Joel, 2020. "On the outside-option principle with one-sided options," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:191:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520300963
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109110
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