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Economic integration as a partition function game

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  • MORELLI, Massimo

    (Iowa State University)

  • PENELLE, Philippe

    (The Irving B.Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago)

Abstract

This paper provides a methodology to study coalition formation problems with externalities and heterogeneous players, when some subset of the players can act as “coalition developers” over time. The framework provided here allows to explicitly predict the timing of admission to coalitions, the equilibrium coalition structure and payoff distribution, as well as the equilibrium length of the admission game. We derive conditions on the availability of side-payments under which a union chooses to delay the admission of admissible countries. We show that the observed sequencing of admissions to the European Union is not consistent with the existence of perfectly competitive markets to price the admission of candidate countries. Welfare implications are derived.

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  • MORELLI, Massimo & PENELLE, Philippe, 1997. "Economic integration as a partition function game," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 1997085, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvco:1997085
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    Cited by:

    1. Laszlo Aron Koczy, 2000. "The Core of a Partition Function Game," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven 500647, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
    2. Koczy, Laszlo A., 2006. "The core can be accessed with a bounded number of blocks," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 56-64, December.
    3. László Á. Kóczy, 2018. "Partition Function Form Games," Theory and Decision Library C, Springer, number 978-3-319-69841-0, July.
    4. László Á. Kóczy, 2010. "Strategic Aspects of the 1995 and 2004 EU Enlargements," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 267-277, May.
    5. László Á. Kóczy, 2001. "Accession Games: A Dynamic Per-Member Partition Function Aapproach," Game Theory and Information 0111002, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Admission paths; partition function; side-payments; European integration;
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    JEL classification:

    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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