We study an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) purchasing two inputs for assembly from two suppliers with private cost information. The OEM can contract with the two suppliers either simultaneously or sequentially. We consider both cases in which the OEM has relatively equal bargaining power...

We investigate a bargaining setting between an "informed" player, who has private information, and an "uninformed" player. The informed player has the option to truthfully disclose its private information in two unique environments. In the first, the informed player is randomly matched with an...

Problem definition: To improve the poor performance of supply chains caused by misaligned incentives under the wholesale price contract, theory proposes coordinating contracts. However, a common finding of experimental studies testing such contracts is that they tend to yield only a marginal, if...