Coalitional strategy-proofness in economies with single-dipped preferences and the assignment of an indivisible object (Q5928236)

Two allocation models are studied. The first model concerns the problem of allocating an infinitely divisible commodity among agents with single-dipped preferences. In the second one the author considers the allocation of an indivisible object to a group of agents. Four decision rules are discussed: Pareto optimal, strategy-proofness, coalitional strategy-proofness and weak-bossines (in terms of welfare). A decision mechanism is strategy-proof if no agent ever can gain by misrepresenting his preferences, irrespective of the preferences announced by the other agents. A strengthening of strategy-proofness is the coalitional strategy-proofness: no group or coalition of agents can ever benefit from misrepresenting their preferences.