Nash bargaining solution

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The Nash bargaining solution is a foundational concept in game theory that defines a fair and efficient outcome for two-party bargaining problems based on axioms of rationality and symmetry.

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instanceOf bargaining solution concept
cooperative game theory concept
solution concept in game theory
appliesTo cooperative bargaining problem
two-person bargaining problem
assumes transferable cardinal utilities up to positive affine transformations
expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
surface form: von Neumann–Morgenstern utility functions
author John Nash
surface form: John Forbes Nash Jr.
basedOn axiom of Pareto efficiency
axiom of independence of irrelevant alternatives
axiom of invariance to affine transformations of utility
axiom of symmetry
category axiomatic game theory
bargaining theory
characterizedBy Pareto efficiency
independence of irrelevant alternatives
scale invariance of utilities
symmetry between players
uniqueness under Nash’s axioms
defines unique outcome of a bargaining problem
domainRestriction feasible set must be compact and convex
utilities at solution must weakly exceed disagreement utilities
field economics
game theory
mathematics
hasProperty Pareto optimal outcome
no player can be made better off without making the other worse off at the solution
voluntary participation by both players
influenced axiomatic bargaining theory
contract theory
mechanism design
introducedIn Nash bargaining solution self-linksurface differs
surface form: article "The Bargaining Problem"
maximizes product of players’ utility gains over disagreement point
namedAfter John Nash
surface form: John Forbes Nash Jr.
publicationYear 1950
publishedIn Econometrica
relatedTo Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution
Rubinstein bargaining model
cooperative game theory
solutionForm argmax of (u1 - d1)(u2 - d2) over feasible set
usedIn bargaining in industrial organization
bargaining in international trade models
household bargaining models
labor negotiations modeling
usesConcept disagreement point
feasible utility set

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Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution comparedWith Nash bargaining solution
Nash bargaining solution introducedIn Nash bargaining solution self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: article "The Bargaining Problem"
John Nash notableIdea Nash bargaining solution
Non-cooperative Games relatedTo Nash bargaining solution
this entity surface form: The Bargaining Problem
Rubinstein bargaining model relatedTo Nash bargaining solution