Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117950 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 78.2004
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper proposes a model of multilateral contracting where players are engaged in two parallel interactions: they dynamically form coalitions and play a repeated normal form game with temporary and permanent decisions. This formulation encompasses many economic models with externalities and outside options. We show that when outside options are pure (i.e. independent of the actions of other players), there exists a Markov Perfect equilibrium resulting in efficient outcomes when players become perfectly patient. If outside options are not pure, all Markov perfect equilibria may be inefficient. The distribution of coalitional gains and the dynamics of coalition formation are characterized in four illustrative applications.
Subjects: 
Outside options
Externalities
Coalitional bargaining
JEL: 
C71
C72
C78
D62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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