Abstract
I state and prove formal versions of the claim that the Nash (Econometrica 18: 155–162, 1950) bargaining solution creates a compromise between egalitarianism and utilitarianism, but that this compromise is “biased”: the Nash solution puts more emphasis on utilitarianism than it puts on egalitarianism. I also extend the bargaining model by assuming that utility can be transferred between the players at some cost (the transferable and non-transferable utility models are polar cases of this more general one, corresponding to the cases where the transfer cost is zero and infinity, respectively); I use the extended model to better understand the connections between egalitarianism and utilitarianism.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 463-478 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Theory and Decision |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Bargaining
- Egalitarianism
- Nash solution
- Utilitarianism
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Decision Sciences
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
- Applied Psychology
- Computer Science Applications
- General Social Sciences