Published November 1998 | Version Submitted
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Platonic Mechanism Design

Abstract

We characterize the class of tiered exchange functions for an assignment problem. We examine a model with a finite number of indivisible goods to be assigned to a finite number of individuals with status quo endowments. However, these individuals can be partitioned into tiers, and new axioms of social justice are developed to account for this tiering.

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Thanks to John Ledyard, Matt Jackson, Simon Wilkie, Kim Border, Edward Fine, and the members of the SSGSSS for their comments and infinite patience.

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Social Science Working Paper
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1047