ALLOCATION PROBLEMS WITH INDIVISIBILITIES WHEN PREFERENCES ARE SINGLE-PEAKED

Carmen Herrero () and Ricardo Martínez
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Ricardo Martínez: Universidad de La Rioja
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Working Papers. Serie AD from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)

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.

Keywords: Allocation problem; indivisibilities; single-peaked preferences; temporary satisfaction method; up method. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2006-07
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