FAIR ALLOCATION OF INDIVISIBLE GOODS AND CRITERIA OF JUSTICE

被引:144
作者
ALKAN, A
DEMANGE, G
GALE, D
机构
[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,ECONOMETR LAB,F-75230 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT MATH,BERKELEY,CA 94720
关键词
FAIRNESS; ENVY-FREE; PARETO EFFICIENT; JUSTICE; RAWLSIAN JUSTICE;
D O I
10.2307/2938172
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
A set of n objects and an amount M of money is to be distributed among m people. Example: the objects are tasks and the money is compensation from a fixed budget. An elementary argument via constrained optimization shows that for M sufficiently large the set of efficient, envy free allocations is nonempty and has a nice structure. In particular, various criteria of justice lead to unique best fair allocations which are well behaved with respect to changes of M. This is in sharp contrast to the usual fair division theory with divisible goods.
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页码:1023 / 1039
页数:17
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