ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to bring the threads together and make some theoretical explorations within the framework. It suggests that there are certain limitations on the combinations of assumptions one can make about the bargainers' behaviour. The chapter discusses the explorations and developments of the framework and shows some possible theoretical consequences of relaxing the linearity assumption. The J. G. Cross's theory would then have some relevance to a situation in which the amount of disagreement is not small compared with the width of the contract zone. If one bargainer expects that the other's demand will vary linearly with future time, it follows that he expects to be able to achieve any agreement whatsoever by simply waiting long enough. In particular, it follows that he expects to be able to achieve agreements outside the contract zone within some finite time. A number of points should be made concerning the restrictiveness of the type of assumption.
