Patience ensures fairness

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Main Authors: Brandl, Florian, Mackenzie, Andrew
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Published: 2023
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author Brandl, Florian
Mackenzie, Andrew
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Mackenzie, Andrew
contents We revisit the problem of fairly allocating a sequence of time slots when agents may have different levels of patience (Mackenzie and Komornik 2023). For each number of agents, we provide a lower threshold and an upper threshold on the level of patience such that (i) if each agent is at least as patient as the lower threshold, then there is a proportional allocation, and (ii) if each agent is at least as patient as the upper threshold and moreover has weak preference for earlier time slots, then there is an envy-free allocation. In both cases, the proof is constructive.
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spellingShingle Patience ensures fairness
Brandl, Florian
Mackenzie, Andrew
Theoretical Economics
We revisit the problem of fairly allocating a sequence of time slots when agents may have different levels of patience (Mackenzie and Komornik 2023). For each number of agents, we provide a lower threshold and an upper threshold on the level of patience such that (i) if each agent is at least as patient as the lower threshold, then there is a proportional allocation, and (ii) if each agent is at least as patient as the upper threshold and moreover has weak preference for earlier time slots, then there is an envy-free allocation. In both cases, the proof is constructive.
title Patience ensures fairness
topic Theoretical Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.06092