Zeuthen–Hicks Bargaining in Electronic Negotiations

Group Decision and Negotiation - Tập 28 - Trang 255-274 - 2018
Rudolf Vetschera1
1University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tóm tắt

We apply the Zeuthen–Hicks bargaining model in an empirical study of electronic negotiations. Using a typology of bargaining steps based on that model, we study to what extent actual steps conform to the predictions of the model, and the effects of conformity with the model on bargaining outcomes. Results indicate that the model predicts bargaining steps only slightly better than chance, but that steps conforming to the model lead to outcomes that are closer to the efficient frontier, closer to the Nash bargaining solution, and provide higher utility to the party using such steps.

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