Shared Interests, Risky Bluffs: Mediation Dynamics in the WTO

• In Event: Regulating Trade and Financial Institutions

Brief Overview

We model the WTO's DSB as a two-stage bargaining game, with a negotiation stage proceeding adjudication. We predict that shared interests help member states reach agreement, but factors that complicate the bargaining game lead to panel intervention.

Authors

• Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

• Taylor Todd, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

• Payton Dougherty, Oklahoma State University

• Jada Lorenz, Oklahoma State University