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Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a nonempty core of a majority game

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In this note we consider the core of a game with side payments representing simple majority voting. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the game to have a nonempty core.

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  1. Department of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-Okayama Meguro-ku, 152, Tokyo, Japan

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Kaneko, M. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a nonempty core of a majority game. Int J Game Theory 4, 215–219 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01769268

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