Universität Wien

040016 UK Bargaining and Coalition Formation: Theory and Experiments (BA) (2013W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Bargaining governs the size and distribution of surplus in a number of economic environments, for example wage negotiations and trading in many markets. When bargaining takes place with more than two actors, such as in multilateral trade or international climate change agreements, coalitions typically form and are crucial in determining outcomes. Bargaining and coalition formation also take place in a variety of other political and social contexts, and the ubiquity of these processes make them an important area of study.

This course will present the main theoretical models of bargaining and coalition formation, as well as some of the key results from experimental (and possibly some empirical) studies.
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max. 50 participants
Language: English

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 12.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 26.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 08.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

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Suggested ((Preliminary: see http://homepage.univie.ac.at/James.Tremewan/ for updates)
Thomas Schelling (1960), “The Strategy of Conflict”

Osborne and Rubinstein (1990), “Bargaining and Markets” (available for free download from http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html )

Roth et al., “Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study” The American Economic Review , Vol. 81, No. 5 (Dec., 1991), pp. 1068-1095

Fehr and Schmidt, “A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation” The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1999) 114 (3): 817-868

Henrich et al. “In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies” The American Economic Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (May, 2001), pp.73-78

Mas-Colell, Whinston, and Green, “Microeconomic Theory” (chapter on Cooperative Game Theory)

David P. Baron and John A. Ferejohn, “Bargaining in Legislatures” The American Political Science Review , Vol. 83, No. 4 (Dec., 1989), pp. 1181-1206

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