Up methods in the allocation of indivisibilities when preferences are single-peaked

Carmen Herrero () and Ricardo Martinez ()
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Ricardo Martinez: Department of Economics, Universidad de Alicante & Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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No 06.30, Working Papers from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics

Abstract: We consider allocation problems with indivisible goods when agents' preferences are single-peaked. We propose natural rules (called up methods) to solve such a class of problems. We analyzed the properties those methods satisfy and we provide a characterization of them. We also prove that these methods can be interpreted as extensions to the indivisible case of the so-called equal-distance rule.

Keywords: Allocation problem; indivisibilities; single-peaked preferences; standard of comparison; up method. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D63 D74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2006-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-gth and nep-upt
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