An Introduction to Allocation Rules (eBook)

Jens Leth Hougaard (Autor)

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2009
XI, 154 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-01828-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides an overview of existing methods for allocating costs and benefits. It will help readers evaluate the pros and cons of various methods involved in terms of factors such as fairness, consistency, stability, monotonicity and manipulability.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 7
Chapter 1 Motivation and a Few Cases 10
1.1 Introduction 10
1.2 Motivation 11
1.3 Some Practical Cases 19
1.4 Limits of Scope 24
References 24
Chapter 2 Simple Sharing Problems 26
2.1 Introduction 26
2.2 Rationing Problems 27
2.3 Cost Sharing with Joint Cost Function 44
2.4 Summary 67
References 68
Chapter 3 Cost Allocation as Cooperative Games 70
3.1 Introduction 70
3.2 The Model 71
3.3 The Stand-alone Cost Principle 75
3.4 Four Allocation Rules 83
3.5 Monotonicity Vs. the Stand-alone Cost Principle 93
3.6 Axiomatic Characterizations 96
3.7 Comments 101
3.8 Summary 102
References 103
Chapter 4 General Sharing Problems 106
4.1 Introduction 106
4.2 The Model 108
4.3 Three Allocation Rules 109
4.4 Axiomatic Characterization 118
4.5 Practical Application by Convex Envelopment of Cost Data 125
4.6 Comments 130
4.7 Summary 131
References 132
Chapter 5 Sharing in Networks 134
5.1 Introduction 134
5.2 Modeling Networks as Graphs 136
5.3 Minimum Cost Spanning Trees 136
5.4 Demand-Based Cost Allocation 149
5.5 E.cient Network Structure 153
5.6 Comments 158
5.7 Summary 159
References 160
Index 162

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.7.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 154 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Allocation in Networks • Allocation Rules • Axiomatic Characterization • Cost Sharing • linear optimization • Surplus Sharing
• ISBN-10: 3-642-01828-9 / 3642018289
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-01828-2 / 9783642018282