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An Owen-Type Value for Games with Two-Level Communication Structures

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  • Rene van den Brink

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • Anna Khmelnitskaya

    (Saint-Petersburg State University)

  • Gerard van der Laan

    (VU University Amsterdam)

Abstract

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'Annals of Operations Research' , 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-015-1808-6. We introduce an Owen-type value for games with two-level communication structures, being structures where the players are partitioned into a coalition structure such that there exists restricted communication between as well as within the a priori unions of the coalition structure. Both types of communication restrictions are modeled by an undirected communication graph, so there is a communication graph between the unions of the coalition structure as well as a communication graph on the players in every union. We also show that, for particular two-level communication structures, the Owen value and the Aumann-Dreze value for games with coalition structures, the Myerson value for communication graph games and the equal surplus division solution appear as special cases of this new value.

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  • Rene van den Brink & Anna Khmelnitskaya & Gerard van der Laan, 2011. "An Owen-Type Value for Games with Two-Level Communication Structures," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-089/1, Tinbergen Institute.
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    Keywords

    TU game; coalition structure; communication graph; Owen value; Myerson value;
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    JEL classification:

    • C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games

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