Rational bargaining in games with coalitional externalities

Peter Borm, Yuan Ju, David Wettstein

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Abstract

This paper provides a flexible strategic framework to analyze bargaining and values in environments with coalitional externalities. Within this framework we propose a new value that extends the Shapley value to partition function form games, the so-called Rational Belief Shapley (RBS) value. We investigate the strategic foundation of the RBS value by constructing an implementation mechanism. This mechanism extends existing models of multilateral bargaining by allowing players a higher degree of freedom to form coalitions. The same framework of bidding and renegotiation allows for natural variations of the RBS-mechanism. In this way, alternative "Shapley-like" values are obtained, and a unified platform to analyze and compare these solutions is provided.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)236-254
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Economic Theory
Volume157
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2015

Keywords

  • Bargaining
  • Bidding mechanism
  • Externalities
  • Implementation
  • Partition function form game
  • Rational belief shapley value

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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