Authors: David A. Kravitz and John Iwaniszek
Title: Number of coalitions and resources as sources of power in coalition bargaining.
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 534-548. 1984.
Abstract:
Five-person groups of male or female undergraduates played 20 trials of a coalition
game that varied the number of coalitions available to the players. Games were
presented either with or without resources being assigned. Results indicated
that both resources and number of alternatives influenced coalition outcomes.
Players' payoffs were directly related to both factors, and coalition frequency
was inversely related to the total number of alternatives available to the coalition
members. Minor gender differences were also obtained. Implications of these
results for coalition theories in general and weighted probability model in
particular are discussed.
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