Social orderings for the assignment of indivisible objects

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199-215

  Maniquet, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Indivisible good; Leximin; Social ordering function

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549110767     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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