Computational Approaches to Bargaining and Choice

The theory of computation and automata has occasionally aroused some interest among political scientists. The article outlines some early applications, although the main emphasis is on the most recent ones. We concentrate on the applications to bargaining and negotiation procedures. It is argued that many existing bargaining procedures can be essentially improved by resorting to cryptographic protocols.

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Year of publication:	1989
Authors:	Nurmi, Hannu
Published in:	Journal of Theoretical Politics. - Vol. 1.1989, 4, p. 407-426
Subject:	computational complexity \| NP-completeness \| social choice function \| cryptosystem \| negotiation protocol \| final-offer arbitration

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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