The Nucleolus of the Assignment Game: Structure of the Family

UB Economics Working Papers E18/386

31 Pages Posted: 4 Feb 2019

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Javier Martínez-de-Albeniz

University of Barcelona - Faculty of Economic Science and Business Studies

Carles Rafels

University of Barcelona - Department of Actuarial, Financial and Economic Mathematics

Neus Ybern

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Date Written: December 19, 2018

Abstract

We show that the family of assignment matrices which give rise to the same nucleolus forms a compact join-semilattice with one maximal element. The above family is in general not a convex set, but path-connected.

Keywords: Assignment Game, Core, Nucleolus, Semilattice

JEL Classification: C71

Suggested Citation

Martínez-de-Albeniz, Javier and Rafels Pallarola, Carles and Ybern, Neus, The Nucleolus of the Assignment Game: Structure of the Family (December 19, 2018). UB Economics Working Papers E18/386, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3320402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3320402

Javier Martínez-de-Albeniz (Contact Author)

University of Barcelona - Faculty of Economic Science and Business Studies ( email )

Barcelona
Spain

Carles Rafels Pallarola

University of Barcelona - Department of Actuarial, Financial and Economic Mathematics ( email )

Avda. Diagonal 690
Barcelona, 08034
Spain

Neus Ybern

Polytechnic University of Catalonia ( email )

C. Jordi Girona, 31
Barcelona, 08034
Spain

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