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Stability in coalition formation games

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Antonio Romero-Medina () (Departamento de Economia, Universidad Carlos III, 28903 Getafe, Spain)
Katari´na Cechlárová () (Department of Geometry and Algebra, P. J. Safárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Kosice, Slovakia)

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Abstract

In the context of coalition formation games a player evaluates a partition on the basis of the set she belongs to. For this evaluation to be possible, players are supposed to have preferences over sets to which they could belong. In this paper, we suggest two extensions of preferences over individuals to preferences over sets. For the first one, derived from the most preferred member of a set, it is shown that a strict core partition always exists if the original preferences are strict and a simple algorithm for the computation of one strict core partition is derived. This algorithm turns out to be strategy proof. The second extension, based on the least preferred member of a set, produces solutions very similar to those for the stable roommates problem.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal International Journal of Game Theory.

Volume (Year): 29 (2001)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 487-494
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Note: Received August 1998/Final version June 20, 2000
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Keywords: Coalition formation games · core · stable roommates problem · digraphs · algorithms.;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation

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