This paper examines coalition formation problems from the viewpoint of mechanism design. We consider the case where (i) the list of feasible coalitions (those coalitions which are permitted to form) is given in advance; and (ii) each individual’s preference is a ranking over those feasible...

This note considers the equilibrium outcomes of the preference revelation games in the general model of indivisible good allocation introduced by [Sönmez, T., 1999. Strategy-proofness and essentially single-valued cores. Econometrica 67, 677-689]. We adopt the concepts of coalitional equilibria...