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Monotonicity, stability and egalitarianism
Received 2 February 1983;
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Abstract
Adivision problem is a subset of the utility space representing the alternatives available to a group of agents. Asolution is a method of selecting from each division problem in some class an equitable compromise. Theegalitarian solution selects the only undominated alternative with equal coordinates. This solution is the only one to satisfy the following axioms:weak Pareto- optimality, symmetry, continuity, monotonicity (if the number of agents increases but not the resources at their disposal, all the original agents should help support the newcomers) andweak stability (the compromise should appear equitable to every subgroup).
Keywords: Division problem; egalitarian solution; monotonicity; stability







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