Potential maximization and coalition government formation

International Game Theory Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-429

  Garratt, Rod ^a   Parco, James E ^b   Qin, Cheng Zhong ^a   Rapoport, Amnon ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Experimental study; Minimal winning; Nash equilibrium refinements; Potential maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144445144     PISSN: 02191989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219198905000612     Document Type: Review

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