A survey of allocation rules for the museum pass problem

In this paper, we consider the problem, introduced by Ginsburgh and Zang (Games Econ Behav 43:322–325, <CitationRef CitationID="CR6">2003</CitationRef>), of sharing the income from the sell of passes that allow the entrance in a set of museums. First, we recall some allocation rules and some properties presented in Ginsburgh and Zang (Mus Manag Curatorship 19:371–383, <CitationRef CitationID="CR7">2004</CitationRef>), Béal and Solal (Rev Econ 61:1099–1109, <CitationRef CitationID="CR2">2010</CitationRef>), Estévez-Fernández et al. (<CitationRef CitationID="CR5">2010</CitationRef>), and Casas-Méndez et al. (Eur J Oper Res 215:161–168, <CitationRef CitationID="CR3">2011</CitationRef>). Then, we discuss them, finding the properties satisfied by each allocation rule. The analysis of a real-world example concludes the paper. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014