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CORE
http://www.uclouvain.be/en-core.html

CORE is a research centre associated with the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. It is an institute for interdisciplinary research, in the complementary fields of quantitative economics, economic theory and game theory, operations research and econometrics. Its aim is the development and implementation of knowledge, at the most advanced level, and the training of young researchers in these fields, in order to ensure continuity in the scientific cadre and diffusion of knowledge in the relevant professional circles in both the private and the public sectors.

Apart from an interest in coalition and network theory, the researchers of the CORE CTN branch are very active in closely related research fields such as game theory, industrial organization, general equilibrium theory, mathematical economics, operations research, and social choice theory.

Local Research Team

Vincent Vannetelbosch (local co-ordinator)
Professor, Université catholique de Louvain and Research associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research.
http://www.uclouvain.be/en-42670.html?id_person=160

Selected Publications:

  • "Farsightedly Stable Networks", with J.J. Herings and A. Mauleon, Games and Economic Behavior 67, 526-541 (2009).
  • "Networks of Knowledge among Unionized Firms", with J.J. Sempere-Monerris and A. Mauleon, Canadian Journal of Economics 41(3), 971-997 (2008).
  • "International R&D Collaboration Networks", with H. Song, The Manchester School 75(6), 742-766 (2007).
  • "A Characterization of Stochastically Stable Networks", with O. Tercieux, International Journal of Game Theory 34, 351-369 (2006).
  • "Strategic Union Delegation and Strike Activity", with A. Mauleon, Canadian Journal of Economics 38(1), 149-173 (2005).

    • Research fields: game theory, bargaining theory, formation of coalitions and networks, and industrial organization.

     

    Paul Belleflamme
    Professor, Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=92

    Recent Publications:

  • "Negative Intra-Group Externalities in Two-Sided Markets", with E. Toulemonde, International Economic Review 50(1), 245-272 (2009).
  • "Sustainable Collusion on Separate Markets", with F. Bloch, Economic Letters 99, 384-386 (2008).
  • "Piracy and competition", with P. Picard, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 16(2), 351-383 (2007).
  • " "Market Sharing Agreements and Collusive Networks", with F. Bloch, International Economic Review 45, 387-411 (2004).
  • "Stable Coalition Structures with Open Membership and Asymmetric Firms", Games and Economic Behavior 30, 1-21 (2000).

    • Research fields: information economics, innovation, coalition formation, and industrial organization.

     

    Claude d'Aspremont
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=39

    Selected Publications:

  • "Bargaining and Sharing Innovative Knowledge", with S. Bhattacharia and L.-A. Gérard-Varet, Review of Economic Studies, (2000).
  • "Linear Inequality Methods to Enforce Partnerships under Uncertainty: An Overview", with L.-A. Gérard-Varet, Games and Economic Behavior 25(2), 311-336 (1998).
  • "General Equilibrium Concepts under Imperfect Competition: A Cournotian Approach", with R. Dos Santos Ferreira and L.-A. Gérard-Varet, Journal of Economic Theory 73(1), 199-230 (1997).

    • Research fields: Mathematical economics, social choice theory, industrial organization.

     

    Julio Davila
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=546

    Selected Publications:

  • "Competitive Bargaining Equilibrium", with J. Eeckhout, Journal of Economic Theory 139, 269-294 (2008).
  • "Local Sunspot Equilibria Reconsidered", with P. Gottardi and A. Kajii, Economic Theory 31, 401-425 (2007).
  • Multiplicity, Instability and Sunspots in Games", Journal of Mathematical Economics 39, 197-217 (2003).

    • Research fields: Economic theory, game theory

     

    Pierre Dehez
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=230

    Selected Publications:

  • "Imperfect Competition à la Negishi, also with Fixed Costs", with J. Drèze and T. Suzuki, Journal of Mathematical Economics 39, 219-237 (2003)
  • "Competitive Equilibria with Quantity - Taking Firms and Increasing Returns", with J. Drèze, Journal of Mathematical Economics 17(2/3), 209-230 (1988).
  • "Monopolistic Equilibria and Involuntary Unemployment", Journal of Economic Theory, 36, 160-165 (1985).

    • Research fields: microeconomics, general equilibrium, and cooperative game theory.

     

    Dunia Lopez Pintado
     Professor, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, and CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237366.html?&id_person=811
    http://www.upo.es/econ/dlopez/

    Selected Publications:

  • " Network Formation, Cost-Sharing and Anti-Coordination, International Game Theory Review 11, 53-76 (2009).
  • " Diffusion in Complex Social Networks, Games and Economic Behavior 62, 573-590 (2008).
  • " Contagion and Coordination in Random Networks, International Journal of Game Theory 34, 371-381 (2006).

    • Research fields: Social and Economic Networks.

     

    François Maniquet
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=124

    Selected Publications:

  • "Sharing the Cost of a Public Good: An Incentive Constrained Axiomatic Approach", with Y. Sprumont, forthcoming in Games and Economic Behavior.
  • "Compensation and Responsibility", with M. Fleurbaey, Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare (K. J. Arrow, A. K. Sen and K. Suzumura Eds), forthcoming."Social Orderings for the Assignment of Indivisible Objects," Journal of Economic Theory 143, 199-215 (2008).
  • "Fair Production and Allocation of an Excludable Nonrival Good, with Y. Sprumont, Econometrica 72, 627-640 (2004)."A Characterization of the Shapley Value in Queueing Problems", Journal of Economic Theory 109, 90-103 (2003).

    • Research fields: Collective choice theory, microeconomics, game theory, political economy.

     

    Ana Mauleon
    Professor, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis and Research associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237466.html?&id_person=255

    Selected Publications:

  • "Farsightedly Stable Networks", with J.J. Herings and V. Vannetelbosch, Games and Economic Behavior 67, 526-541 (2009).
  • "Networks of Knowledge among Unionized Firms", with J.J. Sempere-Monerris and V. Vannetelbosch, Canadian Journal of Economics 41(3), 971-997 (2008).
  • "Farsightedness and Cautiousness in Coalition Formation Games with Positive Spillovers", with V. Vannetelbosch, Theory and Decision 56(3), 291-324, (2004).
  • "Rationalizability for Social Environments", with J.J. Herings and V. Vannetelbosch, Games and Economic Behavior 49(1), 135-156 (2004).
  • "Bargaining with Endogenous Deadlines", with V. Vannetelbosch, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 54(3), 321-335 (2004).

    • Research fields: game theory, social choice and welfare economics, formation of coalitions and networks, and industrial organization.

     

    Jean-François Mertens
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=127

    Selected Publications:

  • "The Ex Ante Incentive Compatible Core in the Absence of Wealth Effects", with F. Forges and R. Vohra, Econometrica 70(5), 1865-1892 (2002).
  • "Relative utilitarianism", with A. Dhillon, Econometrica 67(3), 417-498 (1999).
  • "Stable Equilibria - A Reformulation. Part II: Discussion of the Definition and Further Results", Mathematics of Operations Research, 16, 694-753 (1991).

    • Research fields: mathematical economics and game theory.

     

    Henry Tulkens
    Professor, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237355.html?&id_person=38

    Selected Publications:

  • "Public Goods, Environmental Externalities and Fiscal Competition: Selected Essays in Public Economics", a 588 pp. book edited and introduced by P. Chander, J. Drèze, C.K. Lovell and J. Mintz, Springer, New York (2006).
  • "Transfers to Sustain Dynamic Core-Theoretic Cooperation in International Stock Pollutant Control", with M. Germain, P. Toint and A. de Zeeuw, Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control 28, 79-99 (2003).
  • "Simulating Coalitionally Stable Burden Sharing Agreements for the Climate Change Problem", with Johan Eyckmans, Resource and Energy Economics 25, 299-327 (2003).

    • Research fields: economic theory and public finance.



    Wouter Vergote
    Professor, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, and CORE
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237466.html?&id_person=297

    Selected Publications:

    Research fields: International economics, game theory, auction theory, mechanism design and industrial organization.

     

    Post-doctoral researchers having an interest in coalition and network theory:

    Gilles Grandjean CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237379.html?&id_person=79

    Chantal Marlats CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237369.html?&id_person=806

    Adrien Vigier CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    http://www.uclouvain.be/en-237369.html?&id_person=798

     

    Ph.D. students having an interest in coalition and network theory:

    Paolo Bussi, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis.
    Mikel Bedayo, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.
    Marco Marinucci, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain.


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