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Multi-Agent Bilateral Bargaining with Endogenous Protocol [PDF]
Consider a multilateral bargaining problem where negotiation is conducted by a sequence of bilateral bargaining sessions. We are interested in an environment where bargaining protocols are determined endogenously. During each bilateral bargaining session
Quan Wen, Sang-Chul Suh
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Strategic Delay and Bargaining Over Public Insurance Coverage for Drugs in Australia
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public funding for pharmaceuticals often follows repeated negotiation between manufacturers and a public agency, yet little empirical work examines how the timing of agreement reflects the economic structure of these interactions. Using a duration model of negotiations in Australia from 2005 to 2018, we assess whether observed patterns of ...
Jing Jing Li, Anthony Harris
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Sustainable Work and Employment in Social Care: New Challenges, New Priorities
Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human Resource Management (HRM) research focused on social care is sparse. This gap is surprising given the scale of the social care workforce in many countries, its vital role in meeting the increasingly complex needs of vulnerable community groups, and the persistent challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.
Ian Kessler +4 more
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Contracts, Behavior, and the Land-Assembly Problem:An Experimental Study [PDF]
We use multilateral bargaining experiments to examine how the order of bargaining (simultaneous or sequential) and the nature of contracts (contingent or non-contingent) affect the duration of bargaining, the efficiency of exchange, and the distribution ...
John Cadigan +3 more
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Determinants of Employee Victory in Telecommuting Labor Disputes: A Configurational Approach
Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of telecommuting during the COVID‐19 pandemic created novel disputes over remote‐work conditions that existing laws did not clearly regulate. This study investigates the configurational determinants of employee victory in these disputes. Drawing on resource‐based and institutional theories of litigation outcomes, we propose
Zhenwu Jiang +3 more
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Regular Population Monotonic Allocation Schemes and the Core [PDF]
A subclass of games with population monotonic allocation schemes is studied, namely games with regular population monotonic allocation schemes (rpmas). We focus on the properties of these games and we prove the coincidence between the core and both the ...
Josep Maria Izquierdo Aznar
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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis +2 more
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Material ESG Performance and Bid Premium in Merger and Acquisition Deals
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the firm‐level and country‐level environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on bid premiums in cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. We document considerable variations in bid premiums. Higher carbon emissions are associated with higher bid premiums, suggesting that acquirers may perceive ...
Ndubuisi Ezenwa +2 more
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Bargaining Power and Equilibrium Consumption [PDF]
We examine how a shift of bargaining power within households operating in a competitive market environment affects equilibrium allocation and welfare.
Hans Gersbach, Hans Haller
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The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
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