-free manner, when just three natural conditions are satisfied:(C1) A coalition is formed with positive probability if, and only if … coalition distributes the entire surplus among its members.(C3) Members of any coalition are treated symmetrically with respect … to their share expectations when the surplus of this coalition is distributed.Our analysis primarily focuses on the limit …

, then a non-winning coalition forms as an intermediate bargaining step and the final winning coalition is not necessarily …

multiple majority coalitions (pivotality) or from the relative vote share the agent contributes to a coalition (proportionality …). We distinguish between coalitional commitment, where parties defer distributive bargaining when forming a coalition, and … allocative commitment, where allocations are determined at the point of coalition formation. We show how the timing of commitment …

The composition of governing coalitions does not always reflect the relative sizes of the coalition members, but …

Given a simple game, a power configuration specifies the power of each player in each winning coalition. We introduce a … show that given this power configuration there is a coalition which is both internally and Nash stable. We consider two … investigate how infeasible coalition might affect the outcome and apply our model to the German parliament …