Does Game Theory Work? - The Bargaining Challenge

Series Foreword vii Introduction 1 1 Getting to Equilibrium? 23 "Does Minimax Work? An Experimental Study" 27 with Joe Swierzbinski and Chris Proulx 2 Which Equilibrium? 63 "Focal Points and Bargaining" 67 with Joe Swierzbinski, Steven Hsu, and Chris Proulx 3 The Ultimatum Game 103 "Testing Noncooperative Bargaining Theory: A Preliminary Study" 113 with Avner Shaked and John Sutton 4 Inequity Aversion? 119 "A Backward Induction Experiment" 123 with John McCarthy, Giovanni Ponti, Larry Samuelson, and Avner Shaked 5 Outside Options 165 "An Outside Option Experiment" 171 with Avner Shaked and John Sutton 6 Forced Breakdown 189 "Do People Exploit Their Bargaining Power? An Experimental Study" 193 with Peter Morgan, Avner Shaked, and John Sutton 7 Lost Opportunities 223 "Hard Bargains and Lost Opportunities" 227 with Chris Proulx, Larry Samuelson, and Joe Swierzbinski 8 Unequal Bargaining Power 251 "A Little Behavioralism Can Go a Long Way" 257 with Joe Swierzbinski Appendix A More Ultimata 277 "Fairness or Gamesmanship in Bargaining: An Experimental Study" 279 with John Sutton and Avner Shaked Appendix B Backward Induction? 303 "A Note on Backward Induction" 305 "Rationality and Backward Induction" 309 Appendix C Equilibrium Selection in the Ultimatum Game 331 "Learning to be Imperfect: The Ultimatum Game" 333 with John Gale and Larry Samuelson Appendix D Generalizing Rubinstein 369 "Bargaining Theory without Tears" 371 Notes to Chapter Introductory Remarks and Reprint Acknowledgments 391 Bibliography for Chapter Introductory Remarks 395 Index 401