Rules and Setup

  • 2 players offering, 1 player accepting
    • simultaneous (offers at the same time) and sequential (accepting after both offers)

Compare To

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  • what is your opportunity cost?
    • if buying a car: think about what the agent will earn during the sale
    • if there is just 1 buyer - you - your bargaining power is much higher
    • if there are many buyers your bargaining power is lower

Equilibria

  • A and B should offer as much as possible don’t know what other player is offering
    • if offer of other player was known just 1-upping other player would be best
  • C accepts higher offer, if both offers are the same chose any
  • solved again via Backwards Induction
  • SPNE: (A: MC, B: MC, C: a>b: a; a<b: b, a=b: a or b)
    • MC … marginal cost

Extensive Form

Normal Form

Experiment Outcome