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Buyer power and mutual dependency in a model of negotiations

Buyer power and mutual dependency in a model of negotiations We study bilateral bargaining between several buyers and sellers in a framework that allows both sides, in case of a bilateral disagreement, flexibility to adjust trade with each of their other trading partners and receive the gross benefit generated by each adjustment. A larger buyer pays a higher per‐unit price when buyers' bargaining power in bilateral negotiations is sufficiently low, and a lower price otherwise. An analogous result holds for sellers. These predictions, and the implications of different technologies, are explained by the fact that size is a source of mutual dependency and not an unequivocal source of power. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Rand Journal of Economics Wiley

Buyer power and mutual dependency in a model of negotiations

The Rand Journal of Economics , Volume 50 (1) – Mar 1, 2019

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Wiley
Copyright
"© 2019 The RAND Corporation"
ISSN
0741-6261
eISSN
1756-2171
DOI
10.1111/1756-2171.12261
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Abstract

We study bilateral bargaining between several buyers and sellers in a framework that allows both sides, in case of a bilateral disagreement, flexibility to adjust trade with each of their other trading partners and receive the gross benefit generated by each adjustment. A larger buyer pays a higher per‐unit price when buyers' bargaining power in bilateral negotiations is sufficiently low, and a lower price otherwise. An analogous result holds for sellers. These predictions, and the implications of different technologies, are explained by the fact that size is a source of mutual dependency and not an unequivocal source of power.

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The Rand Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Mar 1, 2019

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