Prudence in bargaining: The effect of uncertainty on bargaining outcomes

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 211-231

  White, Lucy ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prudence; Risk aversion; Rubinstein bargaining; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849022093     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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