?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4184%2F&rft.title=Social+Justice+and+Individual+Choice&rft.creator=Young%2C+H.P.&rft.description=Consider+a+divisible+resource+or+cost+that+is+to+be+fairly+distributed+among+a+group%2C+and+suppose+that+various+members+of+the+group+have+different+opinions+about+what+a+fair+distribution+might+be.+We+exhibit+a+class+of+mechanisms+that+aggregate+individual+opinions+into+a+group+opinion%2C+and+which+have+the+property+that+no+one+can+manipulate+the+size+of+his+own+share.+There+is+a+unique+such+mechanism+that+satisfies+a+variant+of+Arrow's+conditions+for+social+choice+functions.+We+illustrate+its+application+to+distributing+dues+among+the+member+countries+of+IIASA.+Other+potential+applications+include+distributing+shares+in+formerly+state-owned+enterprises%2C+and+in+allocating+voting+power+among+different+states+or+regions+in+a+federal+system+of+government.&rft.publisher=WP-94-025&rft.date=1994-04&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4184%2F1%2FWP-94-025.pdf&rft.identifier=++Young%2C+H.P.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2539.html%3E++(1994).++Social+Justice+and+Individual+Choice.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-025+++++