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Comparing the nucleolus and the Shapley value of 3-player transferable utility games

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  • Dehez, Pierre

    (Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/CORE, Belgium)

  • Pacini, Pier Mario

    (University of Pisa)

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We reconsider the formulas defining the nucleolus of a 3-player transferable utility game proposed by Legros (1981) and study its relation to the Shapley value.

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  • Dehez, Pierre & Pacini, Pier Mario, 2025. "Comparing the nucleolus and the Shapley value of 3-player transferable utility games," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2025001, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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