A necessary and sufficient condition for non-emptiness of the core of a non-transferable utility game

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-92

  Predtetchinski, Arkadi ^a   Herings, P Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balancedness; Cooperative games; Core

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342582232     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00261-8     Document Type: Article

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