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Showing result 1 - 5 of 108 swedish dissertations containing the word bargaining.

2. 1. Bargaining theory

   Author : Ingolf Ståhl; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Can the outcome of bargaining between two rational parties be determined? Although much of the discussion in bargaining literature revolves around this question, no satisfactory answer has been found. A model based on simple assumptions of rational behavior is developed in an attempt to answer this question. READ MORE

4. 2. Bargaining and Communication in Games

   Author : Ola Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Repeated Bertrand Games; Communication; Cooperation; Renegotiation; Experiments; Bargaining; Discount factors; Non-cooperative Game Theory;

   Abstract : Chapter 2 investigates an infinitely repeated Bertrand duopoly where firms with different discount factors bargain over which collusive price and market share to implement. The bargaining is modelled as a strategic game and the main results of the paper is that it shows existence of a unique subgame perfect equilibrium and that the least patient firm's equilibrium market share is not monotone in its own discount factor. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Bargaining and Social Choice

   Author : Pär Torstensson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Coordinate-wise onto.; Strategy-proof; Convention; Evolutionary stability; Subgame perfect equilibrium; Bargaining;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three theoretical essays on Bargaining and Social Choice. The first essay addresses the problem of retaining the uniqueness of equilibrium when extending the Rubinstein model to accommodate more than two players. READ MORE

6. 4. The Onset of Ethnic War as a Bargaining Process : Testing a Signaling Model

   Author : Magnus Öberg; Han Dorussen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; ethnic conflict; civil war; escalation; bargaining; game theory; signaling; selection bias; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Most theories of ethnic conflict explain ethnic war by reference to the factors that motivate and enable ethnic groups to rebel. To rebel is to rise up against or challenge government authority; but for war to be the outcome of a challenge the government must attempt to forcefully reassert its authority. READ MORE

7. 5. Elusive Peacemakers : A Bargaining Perspective on Mediation in Internal Armed Conflicts

   Author : Isak Svensson; Mats Hammarström; David Mason; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mediation; third party; civil war; peace agreement; conflict resolution; negotiated settlement; bargaining; conflict termination; internal conflict; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This composite dissertation explores mediation in internal armed conflicts from a bargaining perspective. Four separate essays investigate why mediation occurs, why it is successful, and why peace guarantors’ commitments are credible. Essay 1 examines the conditions under which mediation takes place. READ MORE