Bargaining and Dilemma Games: From Laboratory Data Towards Theoretical Synthesis

Bargaining and dilemma games have developed in experimental economics as fairly separate literatures. More than a few analysts are now persuaded that the patterns of behavior in these games are closely related, and considerable effort is being put into a search for models that bridge the gap between the two types of games. I focus on a handful of models that, when taken together, outline the conceptual issues, and provide a sense of the progress that has already been made. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998