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

2015

1. For claims problems, another compromise between the proportional and constrained equal awards rules
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (7)

2014

2. Compromising between the proportional and constrained equal awards rules
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
3. Merging and splitting endowments in object assignment problems
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
4. Non-bossiness
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
   See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2016)

2013

5. Axiomatic and game-theoretic analysis of bankruptcy and taxation problems: an update
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (2015)

2012

6. New variable-population paradoxes for resource allocation
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
   See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2014)
7. On the axiomatics of resource allocation: Interpreting the consistency principle
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (40)
   See also Journal Article in Economics and Philosophy (2012)

2010

8. Borrowing-proofness of the Lindahl rule in Kolm triangle economies
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

2009

9. Bargaining and the theory of cooperative games: John Nash and beyond
   RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (5)
10. Being a graduate student in economics
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
11. Borrowing-proofness
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
12. Let them cheat!
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2012)

2007

13. Cost allocation and airport problems
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (18)
14. Fair Allocation Rules
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (60)
15. Lorenz rankings of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2012)
16. On properties of division rules lifted by bilateral consistency
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Mathematical Economics (2008)
17. Two families of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

2006

18. A Characterization of a Family of Rules for the Adjudication of Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2013)
19. Children crying at birthday parties. Why? Fairness and incentives for cake division problems
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
20. 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) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Design (2007)
21. Operators for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2008)
22. 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

23. A New Solution to the Problem of Adjudicating Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2006)
24. Convergence under Replication of Rules to Adjudicate Conflicting Claims
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2005)
25. Divide-and-Permute
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2005)

1998

26. Consistency and its Converse: an Introduction
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Design (2011)

1997

27. 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) View citations (1)

1996

28. Consistent Allocation Rules
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (72)
29. 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)
30. Two Derivations of the Uniform Rule and an Application to Bankruptcy
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1997)
31. Writing Papers
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

1995

32. Axiomatic Analysis of Resource Allocation
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (7)
33. The Replacement Principle in Economies with Indivisible Goods
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (1997)

1994

34. Concepts of Implementation
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in The Japanese Economic Review (1996)
35. L’absence d’envie; une introduction
    Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) View citations (1)

1993

36. "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)
37. Population-Monotonic Solutions in Public Good Economies with Single- Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (12)

1992

38. Consistent Extensions
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (1994)
39. The Replacement Principle in Private Good Economies with Single- Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
40. The Replacement Principle in Public Good Economies with Single-Peaked Preferences
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1993)

1991

41. 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) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1995)
42. 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 (14)

1990

43. 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 (2)

1989

44. BARGAINING PROBLEMS WITH CLAIMS
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematical Social Sciences (1992)
45. COOPERATIVE MODELS OF BARGAINING
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (1994)
46. THE CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (19)

1988

47. A REFINEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE NO-ENVY CONCEPT
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1990)
48. CHARACTERIZING THE NASH BARGAINING SOLUTION WITHOUT PARETO-OPTIMALITY
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (8)
49. 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

2016

1. A new characterization of the proportional rule for claims problems
   Economics Letters, 2016, 145, (C), 255-257 View citations (4)
2. Non-bossiness
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47, (3), 665-696
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

3. Axiomatic and game-theoretic analysis of bankruptcy and taxation problems: An update
   Mathematical Social Sciences, 2015, 74, (C), 41-59 View citations (79)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
4. For claims problems, compromising between the proportional and constrained equal awards rules
   Economic Theory, 2015, 60, (3), 495-520 View citations (6)

2014

5. New variable-population paradoxes for resource allocation
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2014, 42, (2), 255-277 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2013

6. A characterization of a family of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2013, 82, (C), 157-168 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2012

7. Let them cheat!
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 75, (2), 948-963 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
8. Lorenz rankings of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
   Economic Theory, 2012, 50, (3), 547-569 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
9. ON THE AXIOMATICS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION: INTERPRETING THE CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE
   Economics and Philosophy, 2012, 28, (3), 385-421 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

10. Consistency and its converse: an introduction
    Review of Economic Design, 2011, 15, (4), 257-291 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

2010

11. Implementation of solutions to the problem of fair division when preferences are single-peaked
    Review of Economic Design, 2010, 14, (1), 1-15 View citations (9)

2008

12. On properties of division rules lifted by bilateral consistency
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2008, 44, (11), 1057-1071 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
13. Operators for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2008, 143, (1), 177-198 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
14. The two-agent claims-truncated proportional rule has no consistent extension: A constructive proof
    Economics Letters, 2008, 98, (1), 59-65 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
15. Two families of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 31, (4), 667-692 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

16. Children Crying at Birthday Parties. Why?
    Economic Theory, 2007, 31, (3), 501-521 View citations (7)
17. On the existence of consistent rules to adjudicate conflicting claims: a constructive geometric approach
    Review of Economic Design, 2007, 11, (3), 225-251 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

18. A new solution to the problem of adjudicating conflicting claims
    Economic Theory, 2006, 28, (2), 283-307 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

19. Convergence under replication of rules to adjudicate conflicting claims
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 50, (2), 129-142 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
20. Divide-and-permute
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 52, (1), 186-200 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

21. Axiomatic and game-theoretic analysis of bankruptcy and taxation problems: a survey
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2003, 45, (3), 249-297 View citations (329)
22. Claims problems and weighted generalizations of the Talmud rule
    Economic Theory, 2003, 21, (2), 241-261 View citations (36)
23. On monotonicity in economies with indivisible goods
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 21, (2), 195-205 View citations (8)

2002

24. Group order preservation and the proportional rule for the adjudication of conflicting claims
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 2002, 44, (3), 235-252 View citations (24)

2001

25. 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 (56)

2000

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

1999

27. Economies with Public Goods: An Elementary Geometric Exposition
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 1999, 1, (1), 139-76 View citations (9)
28. Monotonic extensions on economic domains
    Review of Economic Design, 1999, 4, (1), 13-33 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
29. Règles d'allocation monotones en ressources. Une revue de la littérature
    Revue Économique, 1999, 50, (4), 757-786
30. The Young Person's Guide to Writing Economic Theory
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1999, 37, (1), 157-183 View citations (4)
31. Welfare-domination under preference-replacement: A survey and open questions
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1999, 16, (3), 373-394 View citations (35)

1997

32. The Replacement Principle in Economies with Single-Peaked Preferences
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1997, 76, (1), 145-168 View citations (43)
33. The replacement principle in economies with indivisible goods
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1997, 15, (1), 57-66 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
34. Two derivations of the uniform rule and an application to bankruptcy
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (3), 333-337 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

35. CONCEPTS OF IMPLEMENTATION
    The Japanese Economic Review, 1996, 47, (2), 133-143 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1995

36. Games of Fair Division
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, 9, (2), 191-204 View citations (54)
37. Population-Monotonic Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division When Preferences Are Single-Peaked
    Economic Theory, 1995, 5, (2), 229-46 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1994

38. Consistent Solutions to the Problem of Fair Division When Preferences Are Single-Peaked
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 63, (2), 219-245 View citations (68)
39. Consistent extensions
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1994, 28, (1), 35-49 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1993

40. Consistent Solutions in Atomless Economies
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (3), 575-87 View citations (11)
41. The fair allocation of an indivisible good when monetary compensations are possible
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 25, (2), 117-132 View citations (31)
42. The replacement principle in public good economies with single-peaked preferences
    Economics Letters, 1993, 42, (1), 31-36 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

43. Bargaining problems with claims
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1992, 24, (1), 19-33 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
44. On the Interpretation of the Nash Bargaining Solution and Its Extension to Non-expected Utility Preferences
    Econometrica, 1992, 60, (5), 1171-86 View citations (64)
45. On the fair division of a heterogeneous commodity
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1992, 21, (3), 201-216 View citations (36)

1991

46. No-Envy and Consistency in Economies with Indivisible Goods
    Econometrica, 1991, 59, (6), 1755-67 View citations (65)

1990

47. A refinement and extension of the no-envy concept
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (3), 217-222 View citations (17)
    Also in Economics Letters, 1989, 30, (2), 103-107 (1989) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1988)
48. Bargaining with Uncertain Disagreement Points
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (4), 951-59 View citations (12)
49. Egalitarian solutions and uncertain disagreement points
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (1), 29-33 View citations (10)
50. Nash solution and uncertain disagreement points
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1990, 2, (3), 213-223 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (1988)
51. On the non existence of envy-free and egalitarian-equivalent allocations in economies with indivisibilities
    Economics Letters, 1990, 34, (3), 227-229 View citations (13)

1989

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

1988

53. A study of choice correspondences in economies with a variable number of agents
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 46, (2), 237-254 View citations (49)
54. Can everyone benefit from growth?: Two difficulties
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1988, 17, (4), 339-345 View citations (43)
55. Monotonicity properties of bargaining solutions when applied to economics
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1988, 15, (1), 11-27 View citations (46)
56. The Manipulability of the Shapley-Value
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1988, 17, (2), 101-27 View citations (16)

1987

57. Individual and Collective Opportunities
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1987, 16, (4), 245-52 View citations (2)
58. Monotonicity of bargaining solutions with respect to the disagreement point
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1987, 42, (1), 50-58 View citations (27)
59. 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 (8)

1986

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

1984

61. Monotonicity, stability and egalitarianism
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1984, 8, (1), 15-28 View citations (8)
62. The Manipulability of Resource Allocation Mechanisms
    Review of Economic Studies, 1984, 51, (3), 447-460 View citations (23)

1983

63. Collective guarantee structures
    Economics Letters, 1983, 11, (1-2), 63-68 View citations (1)
64. Equity in exchange economies
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 29, (2), 217-244 View citations (13)
65. Guarantee structures for problems of fair division
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1983, 4, (3), 205-218 View citations (1)
66. Problems of fair division and the Egalitarian solution
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (2), 211-226 View citations (50)

1982

67. An informationally efficient equity criterion
    Journal of Public Economics, 1982, 18, (2), 243-263 View citations (13)
68. Information and incentives in labor-managed economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1982, 6, (3), 248-268

1981

69. A class of solutions to bargaining problems
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 25, (3), 431-441 View citations (18)
70. Nash's Bargaining Solution and Utilitarian Choice Rules
    Econometrica, 1981, 49, (2), 535-38 View citations (8)

1980

71. Two characterizations of the Raiffa solution
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (3), 225-231 View citations (8)

1979

72. Eliciting production possibilities from a well-informed manager
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1979, 20, (3), 360-380 View citations (17)

Books

2011

1. A Guide for the Young Economist, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (1)
   Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2001) View citations (7)
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2011) View citations (2)

2006

2. Axiomatic Theory of Bargaining with a Variable Number of Agents
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (12)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1989) View citations (50)

Edited books

2010

1. Bargaining and the Theory of Cooperative Games: John Nash and Beyond
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2011

1. Chapter Twenty-One - Fair Allocation Rules
   Chapter 21 in Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, vol. 2, pp 393-506 View citations (24)

1994

2. Cooperative models of bargaining
   Chapter 35 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 1994, vol. 2, pp 1237-1284 View citations (78)
   See also Working Paper (1989)

1966

3. Collection and Use of Job Vacancy Data in Canada
   A chapter in The Measurement and Interpretation of Job Vacancies, 1966, pp 173-194 View citations (3)

Editor

1. International Journal of Game Theory
   Springer