Social orderings for the assignment of indivisible objects

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Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2008
Volume: 143
Issue: 1
Pages: 199-215

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Abstract

In the assignment problem of indivisible objects with money, we study social ordering functions which satisfy the requirement that social orderings should be independent of changes in preferences over infeasible bundles. We combine this axiom with efficiency, consistency and equity axioms. Our result is that the only social ordering function satisfying those axioms is the leximin function in money utility.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:143:y:2008:i:1:p:199-215
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25