CTN

The main page of the Coalition Theory Network (webpage link) contains general information about the CTN, information about all members, newsletters etc.

The Maastricht CTN research group consists of members of the Economics Department and the Department of Quantitative Economics. The current active researchers are Jean-Jacques Herings, Bettina Klaus, László Á. Kóczy, Andrés Perea, Hans Peters, Arno Riedl, and Ingrid Rohde. Apart from an interest in coalition and network theory, the researchers of the Maastricht CTN branch are very active in closely related research fields such as game theory, behavioral economics, general equilibrium theory, mathematical economics, operations research, and social choice theory.

A list of all research memoranda of the Economic Faculty of Maastricht University can be found here:

“Pairwise-Stability and Nash Equilibrium in Network Formation,” with Antoni Calvó/Armengol, International Journal of Game Theory.

Jean-Jacques Herings
Professor of Microeconomics, Maastricht University, Department of Economics

Drèze, J.H., and P.J.J. Herings (2008), "Kinky Perceived Demand Curves and Keynes-Negishi Equilibria," International Journal of Economic Theory, 4, 207-246.

Drèze, J.H., and P.J.J. Herings (2008), "Sequentially Complete Markets Remain Incomplete," Economics Letters, 100, 445-447.

Herings, P.J.J., and A.J. Kanning (2008), "Harmonization of Private Law on a Global Level," forthcoming in International Review of Law and Economics.

Herings, P.J.J., and A. Konovalov (2008), "Constrained Suboptimality when Prices Are Non-competitive," forthcoming in Journal of mathematical Economics.

Herings, P.J.J., G. van der Laan, and A.J.J. Talman (2008), "The Average Tree Solution for Cycle-free Graph Games," Games and Economic Behavior, 62, 77-92.

Herings, P.J.J., G. van der Laan, and A.J.J. Talman (2008), "Equilibria with Coordination Failures," forthcoming in Journal of Mathematical Economics.

Herings, P.J.J., G. van der Laan, D. Talman, and Z. Yang (2008), "A Fixed Point Theorem for Discontinuous Functions," Operations Research Letters, 36, 89-93.

Herings, P.J.J., and K.I.M. Rohde (2008), "On the Completeness of Complete Markets," Economic Theory, 37, 171-202.

Csóka, P., P.J.J. Herings, and L.Á. Kóczy (2007), "Coherent Measures of Risk from a General Equilibrium Perspective," Journal of Banking & Finance, 31, 2517-2534.

Grigorieva, E., P.J.J. Herings, R. Müller, and D. Vermeulen (2007), "The Private Value Single Item Bisection Auction," Economic Theory, 30, 107-118.

Herings, P.J.J., and F. Kubler (2007), "Approximate CAPM When Preferences Are CRRA," Computational Economics, 29, 13-31.

Herings, P.J.J., G. van der Laan, and A.J.J. Talman (2007), "The Socially Stable Core in Structured Transferable Utility Games," Games and Economic Behavior, 59, 85-104.

Bettina Klaus
Associate Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics

· “Stable Many-to-Many Matchings with Contracts,” with M. Walzl 2009, Journal of Mathematical Economics, forthcoming.

· “Stability and Nash Implementation in Matching Markets with Couples,” with C.-J. Haake, 2008, Theory and Decision, forthcoming.

· “Employment by Lotto Revisited,” with F. Klijn 2008, International Game Theory Review, forthcoming.

· “Corrigendum: Stable Matchings and Preferences of Couples,” with F. Klijn, and T. Nakamura 2008, Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming.

· “Monotonicity and Nash Implementation in Matching Markets with Contracts,” with C.-J. Haake, 2008, Economic Theory, in press.

· “The Coordinate-Wise Core for Multiple-Type Housing Markets is Second Best Incentive Compatible,” 2008, Journal of Mathematical Economics, forthcoming.

· “Paths to Stability for Matching Markets with Couples” with Flip Klijn, 2007, Games and Economic Behavior, 58, 154-171.

· “Manipulation via Endowments in Exchange Markets with Indivisible Goods” with Murat Atlamaz, 2007, Social Choice and Welfare, 28, 1-18.

· “Consistent House Allocation” with Lars Ehlers, 2007, Economic Theory, 30, 561-574.

· “Corrigendum to ''On Randomized Matching Mechanisms'' [Economic Theory 8(1996)377-381]” with Flip Klijn, 2007, Economic Theory, 32, 411-416.

· “Fair and Efficient Student Placement with Couples” with Flip Klijn, 2007, International Journal of Game Theory, in press.

· “Some Things Couples always wanted to know about Stable Matchings (but were afraid to ask)” with Flip Klijn and Jordi Masso, 2007, Review of Economic Design, in press.

Research fields: two-sided matching, mechanism design, social choice and game theory.

László Kóczy
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics

Kóczy L. Á., Strobel M. (2008): The Invariant Method can be Manipulated, Scientometrics. Forthcoming.

Kóczy L. Á. (2008): Sequential coalition formation and the core in the presence of externalities, Games and Economic Behavior. Forthcoming.

Kóczy L. Á. (2007): A recursive core for partition function form games, Theory and Decision 63, No. 1., 41-51.

Kóczy L., L. Lauwers (2007): The Minimal Dominant Set is a Non-Empty Core-Extension, Games and Economic Behavior 61, No. 2., 277-298.

Csóka, P., Herings, P.J.J., Kóczy L. Á. (2007): Coherent Measures of Risk from a General Equilibrium Perspective, Journal of Banking and Finance 31, No. 8., 2517-2534.

Kóczy L. Á. (2006): The Core can be Accessed with a Bounded Number of Blocks, Journal of Mathematical Economics 43, No. 1., 56-64.

Kóczy L., L. Lauwers (2004): The Coalition Structure Core is Accessible, Games and Economic Behavior 48, No 1., 86-93.

Research fields: cooperative game theory, power indices, dynamic coalition formation.

Andrés Perea
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Quantitative Economics

Repeated Games with Voluntary Information Purchase (with János Flesch) (2009), Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 66, 126-145

Optimal Search for a Moving Target with the Option to Wait (with János Flesch and Emin Karagozoglu) (2009), Accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics.

A Model of Minimal Probabilistic Belief Revision (2009), Accepted for publication in Theory and Decision.

On Loss Aversion in Bimatrix Games (with Bram Driesen and Hans Peters) (2009), Accepted for publication in Theory and Decision.

Minimal Belief Revision leads to Backward Induction (2008), Mathematical Social Sciences , Vol. 56, 1-26.

Proper Belief Revision and Equilibrium in Dynamic Games (2007), Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 136, 572-586.

A One-Person Doxastic Characterization of Nash strategies (2007), Synthese, Vol. 158, 251-271. (Knowledge, Rationality and Action 341-361).

Hans Peters
Professor of Economic Theory, Maastricht University, Department of Quantitative Economics

· “Constitutional Implementation of Social Choice Correspondences” with Bezalel Peleg and Ton Storcken, International Journal of Game Theory, forthcoming.

· “Strategy-Proof Voting for Single Issues and Cabinets” with Stefan Maus and Ton Storcken. Public Choice, forthcoming.

· “Revision of Conjectures about the Opponent’s Utilities in Signaling Games” with Tim Schulteis, Andres Perea, Dries Vermeulen. Economic Theory, forthcoming.

· “Consistent Voting Systems with a Continuum of Voters” with Bezalel Peleg. Social Choice and Welfare, forthcoming.

Arno Riedl
Professor of Public Economics, Maastricht University, Department of Economics

In Search of Stars: Network Formation among Heterogeneous Agents. Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming.

Institution Formation in Public Goods Games. The American Economic Review, forthcoming.

Public Goods Provision and Sanctioning in Privileged Groups. The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 53, 1, 72-93.

My research field involves Matching Theory, Social Choice Theory, and Allocation Design. On one of the projects with Prof. Bettina Klaus, we are working on stable roommate markets and consistent solution designs. I also work on positive political theory where I focus on election procedures in an evolutionary society framework with Ton Storcken. Other theoretical research includes characterization of single-peaked domains which are used to analyze political party formation and fair allocation problems.

Alexandru Nichifor
PhD student, Maastricht University, Department of Economics

My main research interests are in matching markets, cooperative games with transferable utility and mechanism design. In a first project (joint with Bettina Klaus) I analyze consistency together with other normative properties for one-sided assignment games. Side projects include interest in industrial organization and finance.

The aim of my PhD project is to improve the understanding of how social networks form and how they influence economic and social behavior. I will investigate the mutual influence of individual behavior and network formation and the consequences that arise from intervention of authorities.