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Differential marginality, inessential games and convex combinations of values

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  • Zeguang Cui

    (Shanghai University)

  • Erfang Shan

    (Shanghai University)

  • Wenrong Lyu

    (Shanghai University)

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The principle of differential marginality (Casajus in Theory and Decis 71(2):163-–174) for cooperative games is a very appealing property that requires equal productivity differentials to translate into equal payoff differentials. In this paper we apply this property to axiomatic characterizations of values. We show that differential marginality implies additivity and symmetry under certain conditions. Based on this result, we propose new characterizations of the equal division and the equal surplus division values. Finally, we characterize two classes of convex combinations of values, i.e., $$\alpha$$ α -egalitarian Shapley values and $$\alpha$$ α -equal surplus division values, by employing differential marginality and establishing the uniqueness of these values on inessential games.

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  • Zeguang Cui & Erfang Shan & Wenrong Lyu, 2024. "Differential marginality, inessential games and convex combinations of values," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 96(3), pages 463-475, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:theord:v:96:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s11238-023-09954-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11238-023-09954-8
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