Harsanyi (1974) criticized the von Neumann-Morgenstern notion of a stable set on the grounds that it implicitly assumes coalitions to be shortsighted in evaluating their prospects. He proposed a modification of the dominance relation to incorporate farsightedness. In doing so, however, Harsanyi...

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We study the provision of public goods when all agents have complete information and can write binding agreements. This framework is in deliberate contrast to a traditional view of the free-rider problem based on hidden information or voluntary provision. We focus on coalition formation as a...

This chapter surveys a sizable and growing literature on coalition formation. We refer to theories in which one or more groups of agents (“coalitionsâ€) deliberately get together to jointly determine within-group actions, while interacting noncooperatively across groups. The chapter...

Este artículo explica el significado conceptual, la medición y la importancia que tiene en la actual coyuntura colombiana, la Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate (PEGR) de Kakwani, Khandker y Son (2004). El análisis de los datos de la experiencia reciente muestra que en la mayor parte de los años...