Claims problems: An implementation approach

Identifier:  TDX:2842

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2842

Authors:  Solís Baltodano, Maria José

Abstract:
The main objective of this thesis is on claims problems. We look for suitable and alternative solutions to this kind of problems. From this point of view, we study two real problems that represent these conflicts, the first one is the problem of the public health budget in Catalonia and the second one is the structural and cohesion funds of the European Union (EU). In the first case, we propose an alternative way to distribute the health budget to maintain the stability of the community. In this case we look for a suitable solution using rules and some stability criteria’s. In the second case we suggest an alternative way to distribute the budget through claims rules and the imposition of guarantees to each one of the regions, with the aim to reduce inequality and promote convergence in a more appropriate way. Additionally, another purpose is to be able to contribute to this theory by providing (i) new characterizations for two commonly used rules in this literature, which are the constrained equal awards rule (CEA), and the Ibn Ezra proposal, and (ii) propose a new model of claims problem, called sequential claims problems, in this sense we redefine the proportional, the constrained equal awards, the constrained equal losses and the Talmud rules, and characterize them through the use of axioms studied in this field.