In this paper we study hedonic coalition formation games in which players' preferences over coalitions are induced by a … coalition contains the union of all minimal winning coalitions, and show that each of these partitions belongs to the strict … core of the hedonic game. Exactly such coalition structures constitute the strict core when the simple game is symmetric …

We consider the class of proper monotonic simple games and study coalition formation when an exogenous weight vector … coalitions" that was previously used to derive core existence results. -- Coalition formation ; Semistrict core ; Simple games …

The top coalition property of Banerjee et al. (2001) and the common ranking property of Farrell and Scotchmer (1988 … concept than the core, and show that the top coalition property guarantees the existence of semistrictly core stable coalition …. -- Coalition formation ; Common ranking property ; Hedonic games ; Semistrict core ; Top coalition property …

players are the parties and the value of a coalition may be 1 or 0 depending on the ability of the coalition to pass a motion … or not. In this paper we introduce general weighted voting games, where the value of a coalition is a random variable. We …

route, that limits coalition formation to coalitions along connected subsets within the graph. This in turn leads to a more …

In this paper we study hedonic coalition formation games in which players' preferences over coalitions are induced by a … coalition contains the union of all minimal winning coalitions, and show that each of these partitions belongs to the strict … core of the hedonic game. Exactly such coalition structures constitute the strict core when the simple game is symmetric …

In standard coalition games, players try to form a coalition to secure a prize and a coalition agreement specifies how … of the prize often takes place after the coalition formation stage. This creates the possibility for some players to ask … strategic disadvantage: a greater voting power in forming a winning coalition is undermined by the threat of being overly …

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 …

In standard coalition games, players try to form a coalition to secure a prize and a coalition agreement specifies how … of the prize often takes place after the coalition formation stage. This creates the possibility for some players to ask … strategic disadvantage: a greater voting power in forming a winning coalition is undermined by the threat of being overly …