Hougaard, Jens Leth; Moulin, Hervé; Østerdal, Lars Peter - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2008
In the minimum cost spanning tree model we consider decentralized pricing rules, i.e. rules that cover at least the efficient cost while the price charged to each user only depends upon his own connection costs. We define a canonical pricing rule and provide two axiomatic characterizations....