Two-player preplay negotiation games with conditional offers

DOI10.1142/S0219198915500176zbMATH Open1371.91010arXiv1304.2161MaRDI QIDQ2802697FDOQ2802697

Authors: Paolo Turrini, Valentin Goranko 

Publication date: 27 April 2016

Published in: International Game Theory Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider an extension of strategic normal form games with a phase before the actual play of the game, where players can make binding offers for transfer of utilities to other players after the play of the game, contingent on the recipient playing the strategy indicated in the offer. Such offers transform the payoff matrix of the original game but preserve its non-cooperative nature. The type of offers we focus on here are conditional on a suggested 'matching offer' of the same kind made in return by the receiver. Players can exchange a series of such offers, thus engaging in a bargaining process before a strategic normal form game is played. In this paper we study and analyze solution concepts for two-player normal form games with such preplay negotiation phase, under several assumptions for the bargaining power of the players, such as the possibility of withdrawing previously made offers and opting out from the negotiation process, as well as the value of time for the players in such negotiations. We obtain results describing the possible solutions of such bargaining games and analyze the degrees of efficiency and fairness that can be achieved in such negotiation process.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2161

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zbMATH Keywords

bargainingnoncooperative gamespreplay negotiationsfairness and efficiency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26) Noncooperative games (91A10) 2-person games (91A05)

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