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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Bargaining theory"”.
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Bargaining Theory
This thesis is devoted to the study of bargaining using the methods of non-cooperative game theory. In Part I (chapters 1 and 2) we examine the role of commitment in bilateral bargaining. Two different notions of commitment in bargaining are explored in two different non-cooperative infinite-time …
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Essays on bargaining theory and voting behavior
… dissertation. Chapters 2 and 3 analyze the Nash bargaining problem with endogenously determined threats in the n-person case. Chapter 4 discusses seemingly inconsistent behavior in voting for incumbents and for term limitation. In Chapter 2, we provide two bargaining models with variable threats …
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Case studies of teacher evaluation systems viewed as successful in suburban high school districts
… state evaluation laws, the impact of collective bargaining, theory, and context considerations. It reveals specific areas of dissatisfaction expressed by teachers and administrators. The review also presents the factors that knowledgeable professionals and researchers believe are important to an …
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Intergenerational Caregiving Between Parents and Their Adult Children: Evidence From a Study of Older Americans
… Power,"" investigates whether intra-household bargaining power affects couples' caregiving decisions during instances of competing parental demands for assistance. The primary focus is on examining how partners' bargaining power influences the relative allocation of time resources between …
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Transnational Dynamics of Civil War Peace Processes
… Building on the pillars of the non-cooperative bargaining theory, most specifically on the bargaining with the outside option principle, the thesis conceptualizes the transnational linkages as constituting an outside option for rebels in their pathways towards reaching their political aims. As …
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Security cooperation as a way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? : Nuclear nonproliferation policies of the United States towards the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, 1945-1968
… States (US) with the two states in light of bargaining theory to explain the level of US ability to press other states to its preferred courses of action. The study is thus a combination of theory proposing and testing and historic description and explanation. It is also policy-relevant as I …
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Three essays on the criteria to be used in welfare economics
… Marxists and others and to relate it to that of bargaining power. For this task, a definition of exploitation is proposed which, it is contended, captures the intuitive meaning of the word as the act of taking unfair advantage of someone. More precisely, the definition considers a relationship …
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Simulations as Lab Experiments: Gender, Security and Success in Diplomacy
… suggest that women's presence expands the bargaining range by incorporating more discrete preferences into negotiation processes, though this comes at the expense of women's individual performance—gender diversity in diplomatic teams expands equity. Additionally, by randomizing the …
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Commitment and conflict
… States then face a commitment problem when bargaining to prevent war. This dissertation explores three models where this commitment problem can lead to war. The first chapter presents a model that allows for shifts in the distribution of power which play out over an arbitrary number of time …