The kernel and payoffs in European government coalitions

摘要: This paper attempts to analyze the process of coalition formation in European parliamentary democracies terms existing concepts from game theory. The theory approach rests first all on assumption individual, or actor, optimizing behavior some particular situation game. For relatively simple situations various solution can be developed. If actual may modelled by a like structure, then theoretic developed produce predictions, and these compared with events that did occur. match between prediction observation however poor. this is case one infer essential could not justified. inference infertile, since developments rest existence unobservables, utility functions like, we explore nature such unobservables. A second model does catch significant features While it possible develop models high generality, do generate notions. predictions therefore are too