Thomson - How to Divide When There Isnt Enough : From Aristotle, the Talmud, and Maimonides to the Axiomatics of Resource Allocation (9781108168724)

How to Divide When There Isnt Enough

How to Divide When There Isnt Enough develops a rigorous yet accessible presentation of the state of the art for the adjudication of conflicting claims and the theory of taxation. It covers all aspects one may wish to know about claims problems: the most important rules, the most important axioms, and how these two sets are related. More generally, it also serves as an introduction to the modern theory of economic design, which in the last twenty years has revolutionized many areas of economics, generating a wide range of applicable allocation rules that have improved peoples lives in many ways. In developing the theory, the book employs a variety of techniques that will appeal to both experts and nonexperts. Compiling decades of research into a single framework, William Thomson provides numerous applications that will open a large number of avenues for future research.

William Thomson is the Elmer Milliman Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of several books including A Guide for the Young Economist, which has appeared in four translations, and over one hundred articles. In 2001, he won the University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the Society for Economic Theory, and the Game Theory Society.

Editors:

Andrea Prat, Columbia University
Stphane Bonhomme, University of Chicago

The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in relation to statistics and mathematics. The Econometric Society Monograph series is designed to promote the publication of original research contributions of high quality in mathematical economics and theoretical and applied econometrics.

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DOI: 10.1017/9781108161107

William Thomson 2019

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First published 2019

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Names: Thomson, William, 1949 author.

Title: How to divide when there isnt enough : from Aristotle, the Talmud, and Maimonides to the axiomatics of resource allocation / William Thomson, University of Rochester.

Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. | Series: Econometric Society monograph series

Identifiers: LCCN 2019006500 | ISBN 9781107194625

Subjects: LCSH: Scarcity Econometric models. | Resource allocation Econometric models.

Classification: LCC HB801 .T5285 2019 | DDC 330.01/5195dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019006500

ISBN 978-1-107-19462-5 Hardback

ISBN 978-1-316-64644-1 Paperback

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