Details about William Thomson

Postal address:	Department of Economics University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627 USA
Workplace:	Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester, (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, University of Rochester, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Bargaining and the theory of cooperative games: John Nash and beyond
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
2. Being a graduate student in economics
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
3. Borrowing-proofness
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
4. Let them cheat!
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

2007

5. Cost allocation and airport problems
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
6. Fair Allocation Rules
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
7. Lorenz rankings of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
8. On properties of division rules lifted by bilateral consistency
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Mathematical Economics (2008)
9. Two families of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

2006

10. A Characterization of a Family of Rules for the Adjudication of Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
11. Children crying at birthday parties. Why? Fairness and incentives for cake division problems
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
12. On the Existence of Consistent Rules to Adjudicate Conflicting Claims: A Constructive Geometric Approach
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Design (2007)
13. Operators for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2008)
14. The Two-Agent Claims-Truncated Proportional Rule Has No Consistent Extension: A Constructive Proof
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2008)

2004

15. A New Solution to the Problem of Adjudicating Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2006)
16. Convergence under Replication of Rules to Adjudicate Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2005)
17. Divide-and-Permute
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2005)

1998

18. Consistency and its Converse: an Introduction
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1997

19. On the Axiomatic Method; Part II: Its Scope and recent Application to Game Theory and Resource Allocation
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

1996

20. Consistent Allocation Rules
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
21. Monotonic Extension on Economic Domains
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Design (1999)
22. Two Derivations of the Uniform Rule and an Application to Bankruptcy
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1997)
23. Writing Papers
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

1995

24. Axiomatic Analysis of Resource Allocation
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
25. The Replacement Principle in Economies with Indivisible Goods
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (1997)

1994

26. Concepts of Implementation
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1993

27. "Divide and Permute" And the Implementation of Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
28. Population-Monotonic Solutions in Public Good Economies with Single- Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1992

29. Consistent Extensions
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (1994)
30. The Replacement Principle in Private Good Economies with Single- Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
31. The Replacement Principle in Public Good Economies with Single-Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1993)

1991

32. Population-Monotonic Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division when Preferences are Single-Peaked
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1995)
33. Resource-Monotonic Solutions to the Problem of Fair Divosion when Preferences are Single-Peaked
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1990

34. MONOTONIC AND CONSISTENT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF FAIR ALLOCATION WHEN PREFERENCES ARE SINGLE-PEAKED
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1989

35. BARGAINING PROBLEMS WITH CLAIMS
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (1992)
36. COOPERATIVE MODELS OF BARGAINING
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Chapter (1994)
37. THE CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations

1988

38. A REFINEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE NO-ENVY CONCEPT
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1990)
39. CHARACTERIZING THE NASH BARGAINING SOLUTION WITHOUT PARETO-OPTIMALITY
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
40. NASH SOLUTION AND UNCERTAIN DISAGREEMENT POINTS
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1990)

Journal Articles

2008

1. On properties of division rules lifted by bilateral consistency
   Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2008, 44, (11), 1057-1071 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
2. Operators for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2008, 143, (1), 177-198 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. The two-agent claims-truncated proportional rule has no consistent extension: A constructive proof
   Economics Letters, 2008, 98, (1), 59-65 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. Two families of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 31, (4), 667-692
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

5. Children Crying at Birthday Parties. Why?
   Economic Theory, 2007, 31, (3), 501-521
6. On the existence of consistent rules to adjudicate conflicting claims: a constructive geometric approach
   Review of Economic Design, 2007, 11, (3), 225-251
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

7. A new solution to the problem of adjudicating conflicting claims
   Economic Theory, 2006, 28, (2), 283-307 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

8. Convergence under replication of rules to adjudicate conflicting claims
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 50, (2), 129-142 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
9. Divide-and-permute
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 52, (1), 186-200 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

10. Axiomatic and game-theoretic analysis of bankruptcy and taxation problems: a survey
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2003, 45, (3), 249-297 View citations
11. Claims problems and weighted generalizations of the Talmud rule
    Economic Theory, 2003, 21, (2), 241-261 View citations
12. On monotonicity in economies with indivisible goods
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 21, (2), 195-205 View citations

2002

13. Group order preservation and the proportional rule for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2002, 44, (3), 235-252 View citations

2001

14. On the axiomatic method and its recent applications to game theory and resource allocation
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2001, 18, (2), 327-386 View citations

2000

15. On the Fairness Literature: Comment
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (2), 479-484 View citations

1999

16. Economies with Public Goods: An Elementary Geometric Exposition
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 1999, 1, (1), 139-76
17. Monotonic extensions on economic domains
    Review of Economic Design, 1999, 4, (1), 13-33 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
18. The Young Person's Guide to Writing Economic Theory
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1999, 37, (1), 157-183 View citations
19. Welfare-domination under preference-replacement: A survey and open questions
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1999, 16, (3), 373-394 View citations

1997

20. The Replacement Principle in Economies with Single-Peaked Preferences
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1997, 76, (1), 145-168 View citations
21. The replacement principle in economies with indivisible goods
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1997, 15, (1), 57-66
    See also Working Paper (1995)
22. Two derivations of the uniform rule and an application to bankruptcy
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (3), 333-337 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

23. Games of Fair Division
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, 9, (2), 191-204 View citations
24. Population-Monotonic Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division When Preferences Are Single-Peaked
    Economic Theory, 1995, 5, (2), 229-46 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1994

25. Consistent Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division When Preferences Are Single-Peaked
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 63, (2), 219-245 View citations
26. Consistent extensions
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1994, 28, (1), 35-49
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1993

27. Consistent Solutions in Atomless Economies
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (3), 575-87 View citations
28. The fair allocation of an indivisible good when monetary compensations are possible
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 25, (2), 117-132 View citations
29. The replacement principle in public good economies with single-peaked preferences
    Economics Letters, 1993, 42, (1), 31-36 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

30. Bargaining problems with claims
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1992, 24, (1), 19-33 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
31. On the Interpretation of the Nash Bargaining Solution and Its Extension to Non-expected Utility Preferences
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (5), 1171-86 View citations
32. On the fair division of a heterogeneous commodity
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1992, 21, (3), 201-216 View citations

1991

33. No-Envy and Consistency in Economies with Indivisible Goods
    Econometrica, 1991, 59, (6), 1755-67 View citations

1990

34. A refinement and extension of the no-envy concept
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (3), 217-222 View citations
    Also in Economics Letters, 1989, 30, (2), 103-107 (1989)
    See also Working Paper (1988)
35. Bargaining with Uncertain Disagreement Points
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (4), 951-59 View citations
36. Egalitarian solutions and uncertain disagreement points
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (1), 29-33
37. Nash solution and uncertain disagreement points
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1990, 2, (3), 213-223 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
38. On the non existence of envy-free and egalitarian-equivalent allocations in economies with indivisibilities
    Economics Letters, 1990, 34, (3), 227-229 View citations

1989

39. Bargaining solutions and relative guarantees
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1989, 17, (3), 285-295

1988

40. A study of choice correspondences in economies with a variable number of agents
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 46, (2), 237-254 View citations
41. Can everyone benefit from growth?: Two difficulties
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1988, 17, (4), 339-345 View citations
42. Monotonicity properties of bargaining solutions when applied to economics
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1988, 15, (1), 11-27 View citations
43. The Manipulability of the Shapley-Value
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1988, 17, (2), 101-27 View citations

1987

44. Individual and Collective Opportunities
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1987, 16, (4), 245-52
45. Monotonicity of bargaining solutions with respect to the disagreement point
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1987, 42, (1), 50-58 View citations
46. The walrasian mechanism from equal division is not monotonic with respect to variations in the number of consumers
    Journal of Public Economics, 1987, 32, (1), 119-124 View citations

1986

47. Reversal of asymmetries of allocation mechanisms under manipulation
    Economics Letters, 1986, 21, (3), 227-230

1984

48. Monotonicity, stability and egalitarianism
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1984, 8, (1), 15-28 View citations
49. The Manipulability of Resource Allocation Mechanisms
    Review of Economic Studies, 1984, 51, (3), 447-60 View citations

1983

50. Collective guarantee structures
    Economics Letters, 1983, 11, (1-2), 63-68
51. Equity in exchange economies
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 29, (2), 217-244 View citations
52. Guarantee structures for problems of fair division
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1983, 4, (3), 205-218
53. Problems of fair division and the Egalitarian solution
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (2), 211-226 View citations

1982

54. An informationally efficient equity criterion
    Journal of Public Economics, 1982, 18, (2), 243-263 View citations
55. Information and incentives in labor-managed economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1982, 6, (3), 248-268

1981

56. A class of solutions to bargaining problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 25, (3), 431-441 View citations
57. Nash's Bargaining Solution and Utilitarian Choice Rules
    Econometrica, 1981, 49, (2), 535-38

1980

58. Two characterizations of the Raiffa solution
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (3), 225-231 View citations

1979

59. Eliciting production possibilities from a well-informed manager
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 20, (3), 360-380 View citations

Books

2001

1. A Guide for the Young Economist, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations

Chapters

1994

1. Cooperative models of bargaining
   Chapter 35 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 1994, vol. 2, pp 1237-1284 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1989)

Editor

1. International Journal of Game Theory
   Springer