Language of Bargaining

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07117v2
• Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:19:04 GMT
• Title: Language of Bargaining
• Authors: Mourad Heddaya, Solomon Dworkin, Chenhao Tan, Rob Voigt, Alexander Zentefis,
• Abstract summary: We build a novel dataset for studying how the use of language shapes bilateral bargaining. Our work also reveals linguistic signals that are predictive of negotiation outcomes.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Leveraging an established exercise in negotiation education, we build a novel dataset for studying how the use of language shapes bilateral bargaining. Our dataset extends existing work in two ways: 1) we recruit participants via behavioral labs instead of crowdsourcing platforms and allow participants to negotiate through audio, enabling more naturalistic interactions; 2) we add a control setting where participants negotiate only through alternating, written numeric offers. Despite the two contrasting forms of communication, we find that the average agreed prices of the two treatments are identical. But when subjects can talk, fewer offers are exchanged, negotiations finish faster, the likelihood of reaching agreement rises, and the variance of prices at which subjects agree drops substantially. We further propose a taxonomy of speech acts in negotiation and enrich the dataset with annotated speech acts. Our work also reveals linguistic signals that are predictive of negotiation outcomes.

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