Possible Allocation Systems

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Possible Allocation Systems
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Random Draw

• By luck, lottery, drawing out of a hat, etc.
• Examples drawing cards for shelter beds,
  choosing Vietnam war draftees, determining
  Powerball winners.

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Personal Characteristic

• By age, weight, height, ancestry, alphabetically
  by name, by need, etc.
• Examples Social Security benefits, government
  welfare benefits, hearts and kidneys, choosing
  starters for the football team, determining
  eligibility for Indian Health Services

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Performance Based

• By test score, athletic performance, by quantity
  of sales, etc.
• Examples grades, scholarships, promotions, awards

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Willingness and Ability to Pay

• By the amount of cash, goods or services one is
  willing to sacrifice.
• Examples most everything in a market based
  economy like ours cars, pizza, clothes, etc.

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First Come, First Served

• By who is first in line, first on a list, first
  to a stop sign
• Examples goods in the former USSR, lockers at
  the U of M, an intersection with 4 way stop
  signs, immigration into the U.S.

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Fiat

• By whim of the allocator teachers pet,
  parents favorite, dictators choice, etc.
• Examples anything under the allocators control
  parents decide how much candy their kids are
  allowed to eat, a dictator decides if his
  countrys resources are going to be used to
  produce housing or military equipment.

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Voting

• By majority rule, by who gets the greatest amount
  of votes
• Examples Congress and state legislatures
  allocating tax money. What will they spend it
  on? Choosing a prom king and queen.

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Others

• Combining two or more of the above
• Examples a popular concert or parking permits at
  the U of M (must be first in line AND willing and
  able to pay).