Researching with Whom? Stability and Manipulation

Jose Alcalde and Pablo Revilla

No E2003/35, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: This paper explores the existence of stable research teams, when each agent's preferences depend on the set of researchers collaborating with her. We introduce a property over researchers' preferences, called tops responsiveness guaranteeing the existence of stable research teams configurations. We also provide a stable mechanism, induced by the so-called tops covering algorithm, which is strategy-proof when researchers preferences satisfy tops responsiveness. Furthermore, we also find out that, in this framework the tops covering mechanism is the unique strategy-proof mechanism that always selects stable allocations.

Keywords: Coalition Formation; Research Teams Configurations; Stability; Strategy-Proofness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 C72 C78 D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2003
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