Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution - Hardcover

Brams, Steven J.; Taylor, Alan D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521553903 ISBN 13: 9780521553902

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

A careful analysis of the abstract properties that different procedures satisfy; e.g. envy-freeness and efficiency.

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Review

'In this remarkable book, Brams and Taylor bring to the attention of social scientists a literature thus far confined to puzzle-solving and other mathematical magazines. The book's emphasis on Envy-Freeness will please economists; numerous practical mechanisms for negotiation will appeal to the political scientist and the lawyer; finally, Brams and Taylor's original fair division procedures are of interest to all researchers.' Herve Moulin, Duke University

'... explains everything a layperson might need to know about fair division ... lawyers should love the book'. Discover

Book Description

Cutting a cake, dividing up the property in an estate, determining the borders in an international dispute - such problems of fair division are ubiquitous. Fair Division treats all these problems and many more through a rigorous analysis of a variety of procedures for allocating goods (or 'bads' like chores), or deciding who wins on what issues, when there are disputes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521553903
• ISBN 13: 9780521553902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286