Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/157306 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 528
Publisher: 
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY), München
Abstract: 
We study the role of an imbalance in fighting strengths when players bargain in the shadow of conflict. Our experimental results suggest: In a simple bargaining game with an exogenous mediation proposal, the likelihood of conflict is independent of the balance of power. If bargaining involves endogenous demand choices, however, the likelihood of conflict is higher if power is more imbalanced. Even though endogenous bargaining outcomes reflect the players' unequal fighting strengths, strategic uncertainty causes outcomes to be most efficient when power is balanced. In turn, the importance of exogenous mediation proposals depends on the balance of power.
Subjects: 
Conflict
balance of power
contest
bargaining
Nash demand game
conflict resolution
asymmetries
experiment
JEL: 
C78
C91
D72
D74
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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