Characterizing Vickrey allocation rule by anonymity
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Characterizing Vickrey allocation rule by anonymity
We consider the problem of allocating finitelymany units of an indivisible good among a group of agents when each agent receives at most one unit of the good and pays a non-negative price. For example, imagine that a government allocates a fixed number of licenses to private firms, or that it distributes equally divided lands to households. Anonymity in welfare is a condition of impartiality in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Choice and Welfare
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0176-1714,1432-217X
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-011-0535-4