In a standard TU-game it is assumed that every subset of the player set can form a coalition and earn its worth. One of … the first models where restrictions in cooperation are considered is the one of games with coalition structure. In such … value for games with coalition structure under the assumption that also the unions can cooperate among them. Winter extended …

We propose a framework to analyze coalition formation with heterogeneous agents. Existing literature defines stability … conditions that do not ensure that, once an agent decides to sign an agreement, the enlarged coalition is feasible. Defining the … concepts of refraction and exchanging, we set up conditions of existence and enlargement of a coalition with heterogeneous …

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. …

than usual discount of $10 million among 5 importers. The discount is a result of forming a coalition by 5 current …

paper further discusses how the optimal enforcement level changes when the coalition formation among au-thorities changes …

players in the game.In this paper we consider cooperative games in which the playersare organized into an a priori coalition … payoff is equal to its share in someinternal game within its coalition multiplied by the share of thiscoalition in an … properties. Weprovide axiomatizations of this class of coalition structure sharefunctions using these consistency and …

How should a coalition of cooperating players allocate payoþs to its members? This question arises in a broad range of …

) core is empty if and only if the maximum of generated payoffs (mgp) is greater than the grand coalition's payoff v(N), or …