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Allocation Problems With Indivisibilities When Preferences Are Single-Peaked

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  • Carmen Herrero Blanco

    (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

  • Ricardo Martínez

    (Universidad de La Rioja)

Abstract

We consider allocation problems with indivisible goods when agents’ preferences are single-peaked. Two natural procedures (up methods and temporary satisfaction methods) are proposed to solve these problems. They are constructed by using priority methods on the cartesian product of agents and integer numbers, interpreted either as peaks or opposite peaks. Thus, two families of solutions arise this way. Our two families of solutions satisfy properties very much related to some well-known properties studied in the case of perfectly divisible goods, and they have a strong relationship with the continuous uniform and equal-distance rules, respectively.

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Length: 21 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2006
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Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasad:2006-14
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Keywords: Allocation problem; indivisibilities; single-peaked preferences; temporary satisfaction method; up method.;

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  1. Thomson, William, 1997. "The Replacement Principle in Economies with Single-Peaked Preferences," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 76(1), pages 145-168, September.
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  1. Carmen Herrero & Ricardo Martínez, 2008. "Up methods in the allocation of indivisibilities when preferences are single-peaked," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 16(2), pages 272-283, December.
  2. Vito Fragnelli & Stefano Gagliardo & Fabio Gastaldi, 2016. "Bankruptcy problems with non-integer claims: definition and characterizations of the ICEA Solution," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 24(1), pages 88-130, April.
  3. Vito Fragnelli & Stefano Gagliardo & Fabio Gastaldi, 2014. "Integer solutions to bankruptcy problems with non-integer claims," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 22(3), pages 892-933, October.

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