In this note, we apply weighted hierarchical games of cooperative game theory to the problem of optimal firm size of the firm. In particular, we analyze the influence of production technology on the size of the firm. Our note enhances previous approaches using a permission structure with equally...

In this paper, we employ the coalition structure approach of cooperative game theory to analyse three problems. First, we group local authorities in special purpose associations in an optimal way. Second, we use the PCore (Casajus, A, Tutic, A (<CitationRef CitationID="CR4">2007</CitationRef>) <ExternalRef> <RefSource>http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~micro/pcore.pdf</RefSource> <RefTarget Address="http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~micro/pcore.pdf" TargetType="URL"/>...</refsource></externalref></citationref>