On fair allocations and monetary compensations |
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Authors: | Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe Jorge Nieto |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Economia Industrial, Universidad del Pais Vasco, E-03690 Alicante, Spain;(2) Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Universidad de Alicante, E-03690 Alicante, Spain;(3) Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary In this paper we study fair division problems with the special feature that there exists only one transferable good that everyone likes. This good will be used to compensate some individuals for their differences in other non-transferable resources (like talents or handicaps). In this context we test the traditional no-envy solution and we verify that: 1) its ethical content can be a matter of discussion, and 2) frequently it does not select a non-empty set of allocations. We propose an extension of this criterion that partially solves the existence problem while also retaining the main ethical properties of the preceding solution.Comments and criticisms on earlier drafts by Ahmet Alkan, Marc Fleurbaey, Louis Gevers, Leonid Hurwicz, Mathew Jackson and an anonymous referee are gratefully acknowledged. Financial support has been provided by Spanish DGICYT, PT 90-0654 and Protocolo Aquitania-Navarra-Pais Vasco. |
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