the CTN

The Coalition Theory Network (CTN) is an association of eight high level scientific institutions, aimed at the advancement and the diffusion of research in the area of coalition formation. The current members are:

Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne (CES) - Université Paris 1, France
Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE) - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy
Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) - Université de Marseille, France
Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics (MOVE)
Universiteit Maastricht - Department of Economics, The Netherlands
University of Warwick - Department of Economics, UK
Vanderbilt University - Department of Economics, USA

The history of the CTN began in 1995, when FEEM joined the CORE in the organisation of a workshop on the theory of coalition formation. The success of the workshop pushed CORE and FEEM to organise a second workshop in 1997 (Louvain), and then a third one in 1998 (Venice). At this third workshop, a Coalition Theory Network (CTN) was formally created with the initial membership of CORE, FEEM, GREQAM and the Johnson Centre at Southern Methodist University in Dallas (SMU). These yearly meetings continued annually, hosted in turn by the partner institutions.