You won't accept a wage less than your next best alternative and the employer won't pay you more than its next best alternative. When it is hard to reach an agreement between the two, the better outcome will be $\_\_\_\_\_$ rather than $\_\_\_\_\_.$

insisting on your asking salary; reaching the halfway point of a deal

ending with no deal; reaching the halfway point of a deal

reaching the halfway point of a deal; ending with no deal

ending with no deal; insisting on your asking salary