Academic Year 2018/2019
- Docente: Corrado Corradi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Commerce (cod. 0905)
Learning outcomes
Basic notions of fair division problems and methods.
Course contents
Fair division problems and methods. Fair division with indivisible objects. Divide and choose. Knaster's sealed bids method. Adjusted winner. Applications.
Readings/Bibliography
S.J. Brams, A.D. Taylor, "Fair division", Cambridge University
Press, 1996, Capp. 3 - 5
S.J. Brams, A.D. Taylor, "The win-win solution", Norton & Co.,
1999, Cap. 5
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, "For all practical
purposes", Freeman & Co., 2000, Cap. 13
C.-J. Haake, M.G. Raith, F.E. Su, "Bidding for envy-freeness",
Social Choice and Welfare, 19 (2002)
F. Klijn, "An algorithm for envy-free allocations in an economy
with indivisible objects and money", Social Choice and Welfare, 17
(2000).
M.G. Raith, "Fair negotiation procedures", Mathematical Social
Sciences", 39 (2000)
P. Tannenbaum, R. Arnold, "Excursions in modern mathematics",
Prentice Hall, 2001, Cap. 3
Teaching methods
Classroom lessons.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Teaching tools
Further recommended readings suggested during the lessons, including slides in italian.
Office hours
See the website of Corrado Corradi