@article{Dimitrov:115722, recid = {115722}, author = {Dimitrov, Dinko and Chin Sung, Shao}, title = {Size Monotonicity and Stability of the Core in Hedonic Games}, address = {2011-07}, number = {824-2016-54677}, series = {CCSD}, pages = {16}, year = {2011}, abstract = {We show that the core of each strongly size monotonic hedonic game is not empty and is externally stable. This is in sharp contrast to other sufficient conditions for core non-emptiness which do not even guarantee the existence of a stable set in such games.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/115722}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.115722}, }