Honesty and informal agreements

Martin Dufwenberg; Maroš Servátka; Radovan Vadovič

doi:10.1016/j.geb.2016.12.008

Honesty and informal agreements

Martin Dufwenberg, Maroš Servátka, Radovan Vadovič

Economics

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Abstract

We develop, and experimentally test, models of informal agreements. Agents are assumed to be honest but suffer costs of overcoming temptations. We extend two classical bargaining solutions – split-the-difference and deal-me-out – to this informal agreement setting. For each solution there are two natural ways to do this, leaving us with 2×2 models to explore. In the experiment, a temptations-constrained version of deal-me-out emerges as the clear winner.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	269-285
Number of pages	17
Journal	Games and Economic Behavior
Volume	102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2016.12.008
State	Published - Mar 1 2017

Keywords

Agreements
Communication
Experiment
Game theory
Negotiations
Temptation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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