In this paper we prove the existence of an optimal domain $\Omega_{ opt}$ for the shape optimization problem $$\max\Big\{ \lambda_q(\Omega)\ :\ \Omega\subset D,\ \lambda_p(\Omega)=1\Big\},$$ where $q<p$ and $D$ is a prescribed bounded subset of ${ \bf R}^d$. Here $\lambda_p(\Omega)$ (respectively $\lambda_q(\Omega)$) is the first eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian $-\Delta_p$ (respectively $-\Delta_q$) with Dirichlet boundary condition on $\partial\Omega$. This is related to the existence of optimal sets that minimize the generalized Cheeger ratio $${ \mathcal F}_{ p,q}(\Omega)=\frac{ \lambda_p^{ 1/p}(\Omega)}{ \lambda_q^{ 1/q}(\Omega)}.$$
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