The Egalitarian Shapley value: a generalization based on coalition sizes

Dhrubajit Choudhury (), Surajit Borkotokey (), Rajnish Kumar () and Sudipta Sarangi
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Dhrubajit Choudhury: Dibrugarh University
Rajnish Kumar: Queen’s University Belfast

Annals of Operations Research, 2021, vol. 301, issue 1, No 5, 55-63

Abstract: Abstract In designing solution concepts for cooperative games with transferable utilities, consolidation of marginalism and egalitarianism has been widely studied. The $$\alpha $$ α -Egalitarian Shapley value is one such solution that combines the Shapley value and the Equal Division rule, the two most popular extreme instances of marginalism and egalitarianism respectively. This value gives the planner the flexibility to choose the level of marginality for the players by varying the convexity parameter $$\alpha $$ α . In this paper, we define the Generalized Egalitarian Shapley value that gives the planner more flexibility in choosing the level of marginality based on the coalition size. We then provide two characterizations of the Generalized Egalitarian Shapley value.

Keywords: Shapley value; Equal division rule; Solidarity; Egalitarian Shapley value; 91A12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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