The division problem with maximal capacity constraints

The division problem consists of allocating a given amount of an homogeneous and perfectly divisible good among a group of agents with single-peaked preferences on the set of their potential shares. A rule proposes a vector of shares for each division problem. Most of the literature has implicitly a...

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Autores: Massó, Jordi|||0000-0003-3712-0041, Neme, Alejandro, Bergantiños, Gustavo|||0000-0003-2592-5213
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:143015
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/143015
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s13209-011-0055-6
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economia matemàtica
Division problema
Single-peaked preferences
Uniform rule
Capacity constraints
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Sumario:The division problem consists of allocating a given amount of an homogeneous and perfectly divisible good among a group of agents with single-peaked preferences on the set of their potential shares. A rule proposes a vector of shares for each division problem. Most of the literature has implicitly assumed that all divisions are feasible. In this paper we consider the division problem when each agent has a maximal capacity due to an objective and verifiable feasibility constraint which imposes an upper bound on his share. Then each agent has a feasible interval of shares where his preferences are single-peaked. A rule has to propose to each agent a feasible share.We focus mainly on strategy-proof, efficient and consistent rules and provide alternative characterizations of the extension of the uniform rule that deals explicitly with agents' maximal capacity constraints