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 paper examines the -core of strategic games by means of the consistency principle. I provide a new definition of a reduced game for strategic games. And I define consistency (CONS) and two forms of converse consistency (COCONS and COCONS*) under this definition of reduced games. Then I...