Sunk costs and fairness in incomplete information bargaining

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-177

  Ellingsen, Tore ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Bargaining; Fairness; Specific investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244322060     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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