Efficient fair division: Help the worst off or avoid envy?

Rationality and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-421

  Brams, Steven J ^a,b   King, Daniel L ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AAAS   (United States)

^c SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Mathematical Association of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Borda count; Envy freeness; Fair division; Maximin; Pareto optimality

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244459623     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463105058317     Document Type: Article

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