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On the nucleolus of 2 x 2 assignment games

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  • F. Javier Martínez-de-Albéniz

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Carles Rafels

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Neus Ybern

    (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Abstract

We provide explicit formulas for the nucleolus of an arbitrary assignment game with two buyers and two sellers. Five different cases are analyzed depending on the entries of the assignment matrix. We extend the results to the case of 2 x m or m x 2 assignment games.

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  • F. Javier Martínez-de-Albéniz & Carles Rafels & Neus Ybern, 2013. "On the nucleolus of 2 x 2 assignment games," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(2), pages 1641-1648.
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    Keywords

    Assignment game; core; nucleolus;
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    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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