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Single-peaked preferences with several commodities

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  • Pablo Amorós

    (Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Universidad de Málaga Campus El Ejido, E-29013, Málaga, Spain)

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We consider the problem of allocating m commodities among n agents with single-peaked preferences. When m\geq2 and n=2 any strategy-proof and efficient solution is dictatorial. We propose an extension of the Uniform Rule that (in the two-agents case) is the only one that satisfies strategy-proofness, envy-freeness, and a weak requirement related to efficiency. Alternatively, the envy-freeness property may be replaced by weak-anonymity.

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  • Pablo Amorós, 2002. "Single-peaked preferences with several commodities," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 19(1), pages 57-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:19:y:2002:i:1:p:57-67
    Note: Received: 7 November 1997/Accepted: 1 August 2000
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