Research

A. Publications

Journal Articles / Book Chapters

1. Using Ultimatum Power as a Leverage in Resolving a Bargaining Conflict, (w. K. Keskin)

International Journal of Game Theory, Special Issue in Memory of Stef Tijs, September 2025, 54(2), 32.

2. A Game-theoretic Investigation of the Thucydides Trap, (w. Kerim Keskin and Çağrı Sağlam) 

Dynamic Games and Applications, forthcoming.

3. Productive and Unproductive Effort Choices in Groups and Sharing: An Experimental Study, (w. Mürüvvet Büyükboyacı and Serkan Küçükşenel) 

Managerial and Decision Economics, June 2025, 46(4), 2678-2687.

4. Consideration Sets and Reference Points in a Dynamic Bargaining Game, (w. Kerim Keskin) 

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2024, 219, 381-403.

5. Moral Preferences in Bargaining, (w. Pau Juan-Bartroli) 

Economic Theory, forthcoming in the special issue on Behavioral Game Theory.

6. Submodularity and Supermodularity in Contest Games, (w. Kerim Keskin and Çağrı Sağlam) 

International Journal of Economic Theory, June 2024, 20(2), 182-198.

7. Large Tullock Contests, (w. Serhat Doğan, Kerim Keskin, and Çağrı Sağlam)

Journal of Economics, October 2023, 140(2), 169-179.

8. Kantian Equilibria of a Class of Nash Bargaining Games, (w. Atakan Dizarlar)

Journal of Public Economic Theory, August 2023, 25(4), 867-891.

9. Titans that Clash and a State that Buffers, (w. S. Doğan, K. Keskin, and Ç. Sağlam)

Journal of Conflict Resolution, February-March 2023, 67(2-3), 210-234.

10. (In)efficiency and Equitability of Equilibrium Outcomes in a Family of Bargaining Games, (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam)

International Journal of Game Theory, March 2023, 52(1), 175-193.

11. Endogenous Game Choice and Giving Behavior in Distribution Games, (w. Elif Tosun)

Games, Special Issue on External Validity and Choice-Process Data of Lab Measures, November 2022, 13(6), 74.

12. Effort Comparisons for a Class of Four-player Tournaments, (w. D. Çağlayan, K. Keskin, and Ç. Sağlam)

Social Choice and Welfare, July 2022, 59, 119-137.

13. Bribing in Team Contests 

Mathematical Social Sciences, September 2021, 113, 1-9. (w. S Doğan, K. Keskin, and Ç. Sağlam).

14. Perseverance and Suspense in Tug-of-War

Journal of Mathematical Economics, August 2021, 95, 102469. (w. Ç. Sağlam and A. R. Turan).

15. Bargaining, Reference Points, and Limited Influence

Dynamic Games and Applications, June 2021, 11(2), 326-362. (w. T. Kara and E. Özcan-Tok).

16. Costly Preparations in Bargaining

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, April 2021, 123(2), 532-557. (w. S. Rachmilevitch).

17. Race meets Bargaining in Product Development

Managerial and Decision Economics, April 2021, 42(3), 702-709 (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam).

18. On "Going Unstructured" in Bargaining Experiments

Studies in Economic Design, The Future of Economic Design, (eds. J-F Laslier, H Moulin, R Sanver, WS Zwicker), November 2019, Ch. 40, 295-304.

19. Bargaining under Time Pressure From Deadlines

Experimental Economics, June 2019, 22(2), 419-440. (w. M. Kocher).

20. Between Anchors and Aspirations: A New Family of Bargaining Solutions

Review of Economic Design, June 2019, 23(1-2), 53-73 (w. K. Keskin and E. Özcan-Tok).

21. Endogenous Reference Points in Bargaining

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, October 2018, 88(2), 283-295 (w. K. Keskin).

22. Implementing Egalitarianism in a Class of Nash Demand Games

Theory and Decision, October 2018, 85(3-4), 495-508 (w. S. Rachmilevitch). 

23. Multi-player Race

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, May 2018, 149, 123-136 (w. S. Doğan, K. Keskin, and Ç. Sağlam).

24. Iterated Egalitarian Compromise Solution to Bargaining Problems and Midpoint Domination

Operations Research Letters, May 2018, 46(3), 282-285 (w. E. Özcan-Tok).

25. Time-varying Fairness Concerns, Delay, and Disagreement in Bargaining

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2018, 147, 115-128 (w. K. Keskin).

26. The Effect of Stake-Size in Experimental Bargaining and Distribution Games: A Survey

Group Decision and Negotiation, March 2017, 26(2), 285-325 (w. B. Urhan).

27. The Role of Target and Feedback in Incentivizing Performance

Managerial and Decision Economics, March 2017, 38(2), 193-211 (w. Z. Akın).

28. Duality, Area Considerations, and the Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution

Operations Research Letters, January 2017, 45(1), 30-33 (w. S. Rachmilevitch). 

29. On the Influence of Hard Leverage in a Soft Leverage Bargaining Game: The Importance of Credible Claims

Games and Economic Behavior, September 2016, 99, 164-179 (w. G. Bolton). 

30. Performance Information, Production Uncertainty, and Subjective Entitlements in Bargaining

Management Science, November 2015, 61(11), 2611-2626 (w. A. Riedl). 

31. A Tale of Two Bargaining Solutions

Games, Special Issue on Bargaining Games, June 2015, 6(2), 161-174 (w. K. Keskin).

32. Implementing Equal Division with an Ultimatum Threat

Theory and Decision, August 2014, 77(2), 223-236 (w. D. Cetemen).

33. A Noncooperative Approach to Bankruptcy Problems with an Endogenous Estate

Annals of Operations Research, June 2014, 217(1), 299-318.

34. A Dynamic Model of Dissonance Reduction in a Modular Mind

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, March 2014, 7(1), 15-32. 

35. A Minimally Altruistic Refinement of Nash Equilibrium

Mathematical Social Sciences, November 2013, 66(3), 422-430 (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam). 

36. A Noncooperative Support for Equal Division in Estate Division Problems

Mathematical Social Sciences, May 2012, 63(3), 228-233 (w. I. Ashlagi and B. Klaus). 

37. Bargaining Games with Joint Production

Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, (eds. R. Croson and G. Bolton), September 2012, Ch. 24, 359-372, Oxford University Press.

38. Optimal Search for a Moving Target with the Option to Wait

Naval Research Logistics, September 2009, 56(6), 526-539, (w. A. Perea and J. Flesch). 

Books

1. Bargaining: Current Research and Future Directions (with K. Hyndman). Palgrave MacMillan, 2022.

2. Essays on Bargaining and Claim Problems. Maastricht University Press. Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2010.

Editorials

1. Moves, Motives, and Words: Introduction to the Special Issue on Bargaining Process (with G. Bolton)

Journal of Economic Psychology, Special Issue on "Strategic Behavior and Bargaining Process", August 2023, 97, 102634.

2. Introduction (with K. Hyndman)

Bargaining Current Research and Future Directions (eds. E. Karagözoğlu, K. Hyndman), Ch. 1, 1-7, Palgrave MacMillan, 2022.

Encyclopedia Entries

1. Bargaining Experiments: Early Developments, to be published in 

Encyclopedia of Experimental Social Science (ed. Bereket Kebede), Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences.

2. Bargaining Experiments: Recent Trends and Future Directions, to be published in 

Encyclopedia of Experimental Social Science (ed. Bereket Kebede), Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences.

Semi-Academic Writings

1. Nöroiktisat, İktisat Felsefesi (ed. Ömer Faruk Çolak), s. 545-574, Efil Yayınevi, Ankara, Mart 2023 (w. N. A. Dalkıran).

2. Davranışsal İktisat(çılar) Ne Yapar? Bir Pazarlık Modeli Örneği, İktisat ve Toplum, Haziran 2021, 128, 12-21 (w. K. Keskin).

3. Pazarlığın (Bir Başka) İktisadı, Hayatın İçindeki İktisat: İktisadi Davranışlara Farklı Bir Bakış (eds. E. Aydınonat, Ü. B. Urhan), İletişim Yayınları, Ankara, 2019.

4. Pazarlık ve Bilişsel Önyargılar, Hayatın İçindeki İktisat: İktisadi Davranışlara Farklı Bir Bakış (eds. E. Aydınonat, Ü. B. Urhan), İletişim Yayınları, Ankara, 2019.

5. Pazarlık Yaparken Nelere Dikkat Etmeli, Hayatın İçindeki İktisat: İktisadi Davranışlara Farklı Bir Bakış (eds. E. Aydınonat, Ü. B. Urhan), İletişim Yayınları, Ankara, 2019. 

B. Working Papers (See below, for pdf files).

1. Earned Entitlements and Risky Investments in Bargaining: An Experiment,  2nd Round Revision Req. (w. M. Büyükboyacı and S. Küçükşenel) 

2. Costly Argumentation in Bargaining, 2nd Round Revision Resubmitted (w. D. Çağlayan and K. Keskin) 

3. How and When to Announce Contest Outcomes, Revision Resubmitted (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam) 

4. An Extended Model of Delegation in Bargaining, Coming Soon (w. G. Doğan)

5. Self-selectivity and Utilitarianism in Bargaining, Under Review (w. S. Rachmilevitch)

6. Shame and Pride in Team Contests, Under Review (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam)

7. Narrow vs Broad Bracketing in Bargaining, Coming Soon (w. S. Gaechter and A. Riedl).

C. Work in Progress (Titles are Provisional)

1. Emotions in Bargaining (w. M. Drouvelis and B. Grosskopf)

2. Games of Insurance (w. K. Keskin and Ç. Sağlam)

3. İktisatta Kantçı Ahlak (w. A. Dizarlar) (in Turkish)

4. Disagreements in Unstructured Bargaining Experiments

5. A New Bargaining Solution and its Axiomatization

6. Effort, Luck, and Role Selection in Bargaining over Jointly Produced Assets: An Experiment (w. A. Giritligil).

7. Asset Legitimacy in Bargaining Games with Joint Production (w. A. Giritligil).

D. Dormant Papers

1. Rewards Must Be Proportional in the Core of Large Claim Games, Inactive (w. E. Doruk Cetemen and Kevin Hasker).

2. Mach IV and Its Facets: A Cross-National Study, Inactive (w. Carnot Nelson and Savaş Ceylan)

3. Payoff Bounds and Minimal Rights in the Claims Problem with an Endogenous Estate, Inactive

4. Bargaining When There are Complementarities in Production (w. Anders Poulsen and Maria Montero)