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Land Assembly and the Holdout Problem Under Sequential Bargaining

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  • Thomas J. Miceli
  • Kathleen Segerson

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Although the holdout problem is an established part of legal and economic lore, the exact source of the problem is not well understood. It is usually attributed to high transaction costs or bargaining power on the part of sellers. To isolate the essential features of the problem, we consider the simplest possible setting in which a buyer bargains sequentially with a series of sellers, each of whose land is necessary to realize the gain from a large-scale project. Using ordinary Nash bargaining and assuming complete information, we identify a minimum set of factors that give rise to a holdout problem. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.

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  • Thomas J. Miceli & Kathleen Segerson, 2012. "Land Assembly and the Holdout Problem Under Sequential Bargaining," American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association, vol. 14(2), pages 372-390.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:amlawe:v:14:y:2012:i:2:p:372-390
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    5. Kanazawa, Mark, 2023. "Politics and eminent domain: Evidence from the 1879 California constitution," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
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    9. Carl Kitchens, 2014. "The use of eminent domain in land assembly: The case of the Tennessee Valley Authority," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 160(3), pages 455-466, September.
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    11. Thomas J. Miceli, 2016. "The Cost of Kelo," Public Finance Review, , vol. 44(4), pages 500-522, July.
    12. Portillo, Javier E., 2019. "Land-assembly and externalities: How do positive post-development externalities affect land aggregation outcomes?," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 104-124.
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