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Strategy Proof And Privacy Preserving Fair Allocation Mechanism

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  • NING SUN
  • ZAIFU YANG

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We study a fair division problem with indivisible objects such as jobs, houses and one divisible good like money. It is required that each agent be assigned with exactly one object and a certain amount of money. Agents are assumed to have quasi‐linear utilities in money but their reservation values over the objects are private information. A dynamic mechanism is proposed that induces all agents to act honestly rather than strategically and assigns the objects with money to agents efficiently and fairly; at the same time it achieves privacy protection for the agents.

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  • Ning Sun & Zaifu Yang, 2009. "Strategy Proof And Privacy Preserving Fair Allocation Mechanism," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 60(2), pages 143-151, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecrev:v:60:y:2009:i:2:p:143-151
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2008.00439.x
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