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Table 1 The 10 allocation problems

From: Which patients do I treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians

Treatment

Person

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

∑ i m i

1

m i

300

50

150

50

100

300

100

1050

 

p i

4

3

3

2

3

5

4

 

2

m i

200

100

10

50

50

10

100

520

 

p i

4

2

1

2

3

2

3

 

3

m i

300

200

500

100

100

200

300

1700

 

p i

4

2

1

2

3

4

1

 

4

m i

500

100

50

50

50

100

600

1450

 

p i

4

1

1

2

3

2

4

 

5

m i

300

100

200

100

300

200

1000

2200

 

p i

2

3

2

2

3

2

3

 

6

m i

100

50

100

50

500

100

500

1400

 

p i

3

3

1

2

3

2

3

 

7

m i

200

200

200

200

200

400

400

1800

 

p i

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

 

8

m i

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

1400

 

p i

1

2

3

1

3

2

2

 

9

m i

400

50

10

10

50

600

50

1170

 

p i

2

1

1

2

2

3

3

 

10

m i

100

100

100

100

100

500

500

1500

 

p i

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

 
  1. m i : minimum ration individual i needs to obtain a positive payoff
  2. p i productivity factor, transforming an allocated ration into a payoff for the recipient