In take-it-or-leave-it vertical contracting, an equilibrium with passive beliefs may fail to exist. We argue that this problem can be alleviated by tackling the contracting stage of the game through a cooperative approach. The outcome of the take-it-or-leave-it game then coincides with the limit of the cooperative solution when the bargaining power of the downstream firms tends to zero. We argue that the cooperative approach, which requires a different interpretation of the out-of-equilibrium beliefs, is not affected by the well-known existence problems of the non-cooperative one.

Emanuele Bacchiega, Olivier Bonroy (2021). Secrect Contracting and Nash-in-Nash Bargaining. SN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, 1(11), 1-7 [10.1007/s43546-021-00162-6].

Secrect Contracting and Nash-in-Nash Bargaining

Emanuele Bacchiega
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2021

Abstract

In take-it-or-leave-it vertical contracting, an equilibrium with passive beliefs may fail to exist. We argue that this problem can be alleviated by tackling the contracting stage of the game through a cooperative approach. The outcome of the take-it-or-leave-it game then coincides with the limit of the cooperative solution when the bargaining power of the downstream firms tends to zero. We argue that the cooperative approach, which requires a different interpretation of the out-of-equilibrium beliefs, is not affected by the well-known existence problems of the non-cooperative one.
2021
Emanuele Bacchiega, Olivier Bonroy (2021). Secrect Contracting and Nash-in-Nash Bargaining. SN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, 1(11), 1-7 [10.1007/s43546-021-00162-6].
Emanuele Bacchiega; Olivier Bonroy
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