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Against Proxy Optimization

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 274-284, September 2026.
ABSTRACT I discuss conditions under which maximizing a proxy utility function is harmful and suggest this poses problems for applying decision theory.
Sven Neth
wiley   +1 more source

Bargaining with an Agenda [PDF]

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We propose a new framework for bargaining in which the process follows an agenda. The agenda is represented by a family, parameterized by time, of increasing sets of joint utilities for possible agreements.
Dov Samet   +3 more
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The Kalai-Smorodinsky Bargaining Solution Manipulated by Pre-Donations is Concessionary [PDF]

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This study examines the manipulability of simple n-person bargaining problems by pre-donations where the Kalai-Smorodinsky solution is operant. We extend previous results on the manipulation of two-person bargaining problems to the n-person case and show
S. Nuray Akin, Murat R. Sertel
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The Effect of Decision Weights in Bargaining Problems [PDF]

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Bargaining problems are considered where the preferences of the bargainers deviate from expected utility but can be modelled according to rank dependent utility theory.
Köbberling,Vera, Peters,Hans
core  

Supply Chain Coordination with Guaranteed Auction Contracts

open access: yesMathematics
This paper investigates the problem of contract coordination in a two-tier multi-unit auction supply chain consisting of a seller and an auction house.
Xinyu Geng, Jiaxin Wang
doaj   +1 more source

BARGAINING, VOTING, AND VALUE [PDF]

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This paper addresses the following issue: If a set of agents bargain on a set of feasible alternatives 'in the shadow' of a voting rule, that is, any agreement can be enforced if a 'winning coalition' supports it, what general agreements are likely to ...
Annick Laruelle, Federico Valenciano
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The Rights-Egalitarian Solution for NTU Sharing Problems [PDF]

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The purpose of this paper is to extend the Rights Egalitarian solution (Herrero, Maschler & Villar, 1999) to the context of non-transferable utility sharing problems. Such an extension is not unique.
Antonio Villar, Carmen Herrero
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Two-stage Bargaining Solutions [PDF]

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We introduce and characterize a new class of bargaining solutions: those which can be obtained by sequentially applying two binary relations to eliminate alternatives.
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
core  

The provision of quality in a bilateral search market [PDF]

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We accomplish two goals. First, we provide a non-cooperative foundation for the use of the Nash bargaining solution in search markets. This finding should help to close the rift between the search and the matching-and-bargaining literature.
Clara Ponsati, Jozsef Sakovics
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