The division problem with maximal capacity constraints
Massó, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)
Neme, Alejandro (Universidad Nacional de San Luis (Argentina))
Bergantiños, Gustavo (Universidade de Vigo)

Data:	2012
Resum:	The division problem consists of allocating a given amount of an homogeneous and perfectly divisible good among a group of agents with single-peaked preferences on the set of their potential shares. A rule proposes a vector of shares for each division problem. Most of the literature has implicitly assumed that all divisions are feasible. In this paper we consider the division problem when each agent has a maximal capacity due to an objective and verifiable feasibility constraint which imposes an upper bound on his share. Then each agent has a feasible interval of shares where his preferences are single-peaked. A rule has to propose to each agent a feasible share. We focus mainly on strategy-proof, efficient and consistent rules and provide alternative characterizations of the extension of the uniform rule that deals explicitly with agents' maximal capacity constraints.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2008-03484-C02-01 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-419 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2008-04756 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CDS2006-00016
Nota:	We thank an anonymous referee whose comments and suggestions helped us to write a better paper. The work of G. Bergantiños is partially supported by research grant ECO2008-03484-C02-01 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and FEDER. Support for the research of J. Massó was received through the prize "ICREA Acadèmia" for excellence in research, funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. He also acknowledges the support of MOVE (where he is an affiliated researcher), of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (where he is an affiliated professor), and of the Government of Catalonia, through grant SGR2009-419. His work is also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through grants ECO2008-04756 (Grupo Consolidado-C) and CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 (CDS2006-00016). The work of A. Neme is partially supported by the Universidad Nacional de San Luis through grant 319502 and by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) through grant PICT-02114.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: UNSL/319502
Nota:	Altres ajuts: PICT-02114
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Economia matemàtica ; Division problema ; Single-peaked preferences ; Uniform rule ; Capacity constraints
Publicat a:	Series, Vol. 3 Núm. 1 (March 2012) , p. 29-57, ISSN 1869-4195

DOI: 10.1007/s13209-011-0055-6

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