Efficient Resource Allocation on the Basis of Priorities.

A model of resource allocation on the basis of priorities is introduced, and it is interpreted as a college admissions model. The potential for allocating resources on the basis of any priority structure is examined; and the possibilities of doing this Pareto efficiently, without creating incentive...

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Published in:Econometrica Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 2489 - 2498
Main Author: Ergin, Haluk I.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell November 2002
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Summary:A model of resource allocation on the basis of priorities is introduced, and it is interpreted as a college admissions model. The potential for allocating resources on the basis of any priority structure is examined; and the possibilities of doing this Pareto efficiently, without creating incentives for manipulation, and consistently across different groups of agents and resource levels, is investigated.