1991 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Two-Person Repeated Bargaining Game with Long-Term Contracts
Author : Akira Okada
Published in: Game Equilibrium Models III
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Does a noncooperative equilibrium point necessarily lead to a Pareto efficient outcome in a supergame if binding agreements on actions are possible among players? We present a two-person repeated bargaining game in which players can negotiate for a long-term contract on their actions in the supergame model. We show that a subgame perfect equilibrium point of our game necessarily leads to a Pareto efficient outcome if the equilibrium strategies for both players have zero-memory. We also point out that the question above is answered negatively if the equilibrium strategies for players have complete memory.