Fair Allocation of Production Externalities: Recent Results
dc.contributor.author | Sprumont, Yves | |
dc.contributor.author | MOULIN, Hervé | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-22T19:56:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-22T19:56:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/551 | |
dc.format.extent | 1498751 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques. | fr |
dc.title | Fair Allocation of Production Externalities: Recent Results | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de sciences économiques | |
dcterms.abstract | We survey recent axiomatic results in the theory of cost-sharing. In this litterature, a method computes the individual cost shares assigned to the users of a facility for any profile of demands and any monotonic cost function. We discuss two theories taking radically different views of the asymmetries of the cost function. In the full responsibility theory, each agent is accountable for the part of the costs that can be unambiguously separated and attributed to her own demand. In the partial responsibility theory, the asymmetries of the cost function have no bearing on individual cost shares, only the differences in demand levels matter. We describe several invariance and monotonicity properties that reflect both normative and strategic concerns. We uncover a number of logical trade-offs between our axioms, and derive axiomatic characterizations of a handful of intuitive methods: in the full responsibility approach, the Shapley-Shubik, Aumann-Shapley, and subsidyfree serial methods, and in the partial responsibility approach, the cross-subsidizing serial method and the family of quasi-proportional methods. | |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:0709-9231 | |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | |
oaire.citationTitle | Cahier de recherche | |
oaire.citationIssue | 2005-22 |
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