Article ID: | iaor20003660 |
Country: | Germany |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 489 |
End Page Number: | 509 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
Journal: | International Journal of Game Theory |
Authors: | Sherstyuk K. |
The paper considers multisided matching games with transferable utility using the approach of cooperative game theory. Stable matchings are shown to exist when characteristic functions are supermodular, i.e., agents' abilities to contribute to the value of a coalition are complementary across types. We analyze the structure of the core of supermodular matching games and suggest an algorithm for constructing its extreme payoff vectors.