approach for countable domains and combining this with basic measure theory, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for … the existence of upper semi-continuous utility functions on a wide class of domains. Although links between utility theory … and measure theory have been pointed out before, to the best of our knowledge this is the first time that the present …

backward induction procedure to pinpoint the latest moment at which a coalition can be found with both an incentive and the … this way will be agreed upon at the outset - or, if a suitable coalition is never found, that no agreement will be reached. …

candidates' form parties, voting occurs and governments are formed. We study the coalition governments that emerge as functions … be minimal winning, minority or surplus. Moreover, coalitions may be `disconnected'. We then look at how the coalition …

coalition, and regions which have the highest claims according to the respective sharing rule. Furthermore, we find that a … grandfathering scheme leads to the largest and - in terms of greenhouse gas abatement - most successful coalition, while many of the …

the efficient coalition structure is stable in terms of the coalition formation theory. It is assumed that coalitions can … coalitions) and a coalition may deviate if and only if it stands to gain from it. It is then shown that subsequent to a deviation … by a coalition, the nonmembers will have incentives to break apart into singletons, as is assumed in the definition of …

character. The grand coalition was always the efficientcoalition,whereas the values of the 2-personcoalitions are varied such … that they lead to an efficiency loss inthe range of6.7 up to 30 percent. Furthermore, the 2-person coalition implies social … huge majority of proposers choosethe inefficient and unfair 2-person coalition. Proposer inducedefficiencylosses vary …