Networks with Group Counterproposals

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Author/s: 
Ricardo Nieva
Issue number: 
61.2008
Year: 
2008
We study two n-player sequential network formation games with externalities. Link formation is tied to simultaneous transfer selection in a Nash demand like game in each period. Players in groups can counterpropose. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for efficiency in terms of cyclical monotonicity. The n-player group version always yields efficiency.
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