Bargain to Be Dominant.

AbstractThis article proposes an evolutionary game theoretical model in which individuals negotiate to reach a compromise settlement on who takes the dominant role in a dominant-subordinate relationship. The negotiation process is formalized by bargaining theory in economics, which makes our model different from alternative models on the formation of dominant-subordinate relationships based on detailed biological mechanisms. We find that evolution leads to a "cooperative" ("selfish") behavior when an individual takes the dominant (subordinate) role. For example, consider two