A Theory of Collective Bargaining

Games Bargaining: A Proposed Application of the Theory of Games to Collective Bargaining

Collective rationality in bargaining

Roth (1977) axiomatized the Nash (1950) bargaining solution without Pareto optimality. His result is considered an improvement on Nash’s original one, since it dispenses with notions of collective rationality. Several variants of Roth’s result have been obtained in a line of subsequent works. However, all of them rely on Nash’s (1950) independence axiom. Whether or how collective rationality ca...

Collective Bargaining Ms .

A stable and effective industrial relations system is vital for the economic and social development of any country. It is on this foundation that sustained economic growth with equitable distribution of income, especially to labour, can be achieved. In turn, collective bargaining, which is an integral component of industrial relations, is essential if sustained economic growth is to be achieved...

Physician Collective Bargaining

Current antitrust enforcement policy unduly restricts physician collaboration, especially among small physician practices. Among other matters, current enforcement policy has hindered the ability of physicians to implement efficient healthcare delivery innovations, such as the acquisition and implementation of health information technology (HIT). Furthermore, the Federal Trade Commission and De...

A Bargaining Model of Collective Choice

We analyze sequential bargaining in general political and economic environments, where proposers are recognized according to a random recognition rule and a proposal is implemented if it passes under an arbitrary voting rule. We prove existence of stationary equilibria, upper hemicontinuity of equilibrium proposals in structural and preference parameters, and core equivalence under certain cond...