This paper advances the idea that, in a variety of environments, it is natural to think of the solution of a (coalition …

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 …

overlapping coalition settings. Each group possesses a constitution that contains the rules governing both the composition of the … constitutional stability to study the group structures that are going to emerge at equilibrium in overlapping coalition settings …

value of a coalition-based on the best or worst roommate in the coalition. In all cases, we determine the complexity of …

This chapter surveys recent models of coalition and network formation in a unified framework. Comparisons are drawn … among various procedures of network and coalition formation, involving simultaneous and sequential moves. The survey also … discussion of efficient network and coalition formation procedures and directions for future research. …