Bribe-proof rules in the division problem

The division problem consists of allocating an amount of a perfectly divisible good among a group of n agents with single-peaked preferences. A rule maps preference profiles into n shares of the amount to be allocated. A rule is bribe-proof if no group of agents can compensate one of its subgroups t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Massó, Jordi|||0000-0003-3712-0041, Neme, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:143788
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/143788
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.geb.2007.01.006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economia matemàtica
Bribe-proofness
Strategy-proofness
Pareto efficiency
Replacement monotonicity
Single-peakedness
Descripción
Sumario:The division problem consists of allocating an amount of a perfectly divisible good among a group of n agents with single-peaked preferences. A rule maps preference profiles into n shares of the amount to be allocated. A rule is bribe-proof if no group of agents can compensate one of its subgroups to misrepresent their preferences and, after an appropriate redistribution of their shares, each obtain a weakly preferred share and all agents in the misrepresenting subgroup obtain a strictly preferred share. We characterize all bribe-proof rules as the class of Pareto efficient, strategy-proof, and weakly replacement monotonic rules. This class is larger than the set of sequential allotment rules identified in Barberà, Jackson, and Neme (1997).