Mitra, Manipushpak; Mutuswami, Suresh - In: Games and Economic Behavior 72 (2011) 1, pp. 242-254
We identify and characterize a natural and intuitive class of mechanisms called the k-pivotal mechanisms. The axioms used are efficiency, pairwise strategyproofness, equal treatment of equals and weak linearity. We also identify the subclass of these mechanisms which do not run a budget deficit...