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13 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 17 November 2014 03:17PM

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Comment author: owencb 20 November 2014 01:11:25PM 1 point [-]

Thanks, nice write-up.

Solution 1 seems to see quite a lot of use in the world (often but not always in conjunction with 4): one player will set a price without reference to the other player's utility function, setting up an ultimatum.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 November 2014 02:04:11PM 0 points [-]

But setting a price is an iterative process, depending on how much of the good is purchased...