On trade in bilateral oligopolies with altruistic and spiteful agents

Lombardi, M. and Tonin, S. (2020) On trade in bilateral oligopolies with altruistic and spiteful agents. Economic Theory Bulletin, 8, pp. 203-218. (doi: 10.1007/s40505-019-00177-1)

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Abstract

This paper studies the effects of altruism and spitefulness in a two-sided market in which agents behave strategically and trade according to the Shapley–Shubik mechanism. By assuming that altruistic agents have concerns for others on the opposite side of the market, it shows that agents always find advantageous to trade. However, they prefer to stay out of the market and consume their endowments when there are altruistic agents who have concerns for the welfare of those on the same side of the market, or when there are spiteful agents. These non-trade situations occur either because the necessary first-order conditions for optimality are violated or because agents’ payoff functions are not concave.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Lombardi, Dr Michele
Authors: Lombardi, M., and Tonin, S.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Economics
Journal Name:Economic Theory Bulletin
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:2196-1085
ISSN (Online):2196-1093
Published Online:14 September 2019
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 The Authors
First Published:First published in Economic Theory Bulletin 8:203-218
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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