On Properties of Division Rules Lifted by Bilateral Consistency

Abstract

"We consider the problem of adjudicating conflicting claims in the context of a variable population. A property of rules is 'lifted' if whenever a rule satisfies it in the two-claimant case, and the rule is bilaterally consistent, it satisfies it for any number of claimants. We identify a number of properties that are lifted, such as equal treatment of equals, resource monotonicity, composition down and composition up, and show that continuity, anonymity and self-duality are not lifted. However, each of these three properties is lifted if the rule is resource monotonic."