Every year, management and labor renegotiate a new employment contract by sending their proposals to an arbitrator who chooses the best proposal (effectively giving one side or the other $1 million). Each side can choose to hire, or not hire, an expensive labor lawyer (at a cost of Employer Low Salary Offer High Salary Offer Employee Walks Employer gets 0 Employee gets 0 Employee Accepts Employer gets 100 Employee gets 75 Employee Walks Employer gets 0 Employee gets 0 Employee Accepts Employee gets 100 Employer gets 75 $200,000) who is effective at preparing the proposal in the best light. If neither hires lawyers or if both hire lawyers, each side can expect to win about half the time. If only one side hires a lawyer, it can expect to win three-quarters of the time. 1. Diagram this simultaneous-move game. 2. What is the Nash equilibrium of the game? 3. Would the sides want to ban lawyers?
Every year, management and labor renegotiate a new employment contract by sending their proposals to an arbitrator who chooses the best proposal (effectively giving one side or the other $1 million). Each side can choose to hire, or not hire, an expensive labor lawyer (at a cost of Employer Low Salary Offer High Salary Offer Employee Walks Employer gets 0 Employee gets 0 Employee Accepts Employer gets 100 Employee gets 75 Employee Walks Employer gets 0 Employee gets 0 Employee Accepts Employee gets 100 Employer gets 75 $200,000) who is effective at preparing the proposal in the best light. If neither hires lawyers or if both hire lawyers, each side can expect to win about half the time. If only one side hires a lawyer, it can expect to win three-quarters of the time. 1. Diagram this simultaneous-move game. 2. What is the Nash equilibrium of the game? 3. Would the sides want to ban lawyers?
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Every year, management and labor renegotiate a new employment contract by sending their proposals to an arbitrator who chooses
the best proposal (effectively giving one side or the other $1 million). Each side can choose to hire, or not hire, an expensive labor
lawyer (at a cost of Employer
Low Salary Offer High Salary Offer Employee Walks Employer gets 0
Employee gets 0
Employee Accepts Employer gets 100 Employee gets 75 Employee Walks Employer gets 0 Employee gets 0 Employee Accepts
Employee gets 100 Employer gets 75 $200,000) who is effective at preparing the proposal in the best light. If neither hires lawyers or
if both hire lawyers, each side can expect to win about half the time. If only one side hires a lawyer, it can expect to win three-
quarters of the time.
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