This paper describes a simple, operational procedure that, under reasonable economic assumptions, always generates Pareto-efficient egalitarian-equivalent allocations (PEEEA) when agents know each other's preferences. The procedure constitutes a new, constructive proof of Pazner and Schmeidler's theorems on the existence of PEEEA, and shows that PEEEA, like fair and Pareto-efficient allocations, can be decentralized using less information than is required by the standard market procedure for decentralizing allocations that maximize a neoclassical, individualistic social welfare function.
MLA
Crawford, Vincent P.. “A Procedure for Generating Pareto-Efficient Egalitarian-Equivalent Allocations.” Econometrica, vol. 47, .no 1, Econometric Society, 1979, pp. 49-60, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912345
Chicago
Crawford, Vincent P.. “A Procedure for Generating Pareto-Efficient Egalitarian-Equivalent Allocations.” Econometrica, 47, .no 1, (Econometric Society: 1979), 49-60. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912345
APA
Crawford, V. P. (1979). A Procedure for Generating Pareto-Efficient Egalitarian-Equivalent Allocations. Econometrica, 47(1), 49-60. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912345
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