@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14536, author={Dickinson, David L. and McEvoy, David M. and Bruner, David}, title={The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Interpersonal Conflict Resolution and the Narcotic Effect}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={14536}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14536}, abstract={Insufficient sleep is commonplace, and understanding how this affects interpersonal conflict holds implications for personal and workplace settings. We experimentally manipulated participant sleep state for a full week prior to administering a stylized bargaining task that models payoff uncertainty at impasse with a final-offer arbitration (FOA) procedure. FOA use in previous trials decreases the likelihood of voluntary settlements going forward—the narcotic effect. We also report a novel result that a significantly stronger narcotic effect is estimated for more sleepy bargaining pairs. One implication is that insufficient sleep predicts increased dependency on alternatives to voluntarily resolution of interpersonal conflict.}, keywords={dispute/conflict resolution;arbitration;sleep restriction;bargaining;narcotic effect}, }