Econometrica Vol. 77 No. 1 2009
Public vs. Private Offers in the Market for Lemons
Abstract
We study the role of observability in bargaining with correlated values. Short-run buyers sequentially submit offers to one seller. When previous offers are observable, bargaining is likely to end up in an impasse. In contrast, when offers are hidden, agreement is always reached, although with delay.
- DOI
- 10.3982/ecta6917
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29-69
- Language
- en
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex