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The Folk Rule for Minimum Cost Spanning Tree Problems with Multiple Sources

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  • Gustavo Bergantiños

    (Economics, Society and Territory, Universidade de Vigo. 36310, Vigo. Spain)

  • Youngsub Chun

    (��Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea)

  • Eunju Lee

    (��Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • Leticia Lorenzo

    (Economics, Society and Territory, Universidade de Vigo. 36310, Vigo. Spain)

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce minimum cost spanning tree problems with multiple sources. This new setting is an extension of the classical model where there is a single source. We extend several definitions of the folk rule, the most prominent rule in the classical model, to this new context: first as the Shapley value of the irreducible game; second as an obligation rule; third as a partition rule and finally through a cone-wise decomposition. We prove that all the definitions provide the same cost allocation and present two axiomatic characterizations.

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  • Gustavo Bergantiños & Youngsub Chun & Eunju Lee & Leticia Lorenzo, 2022. "The Folk Rule for Minimum Cost Spanning Tree Problems with Multiple Sources," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(01), pages 1-36, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:igtrxx:v:24:y:2022:i:01:n:s0219198921500079
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219198921500079
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    Minimum cost spanning tree problems; multiple sources; folk rule; axiomatic characterizations;
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    • C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games

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