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  2. Free-rider problem - Wikipedia

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    The free-rider problem in social science is the question of how to limit free riding and its negative effects in these situations. Such an example is the free-rider problem of when property rights are not clearly defined and imposed. [4] The free-rider problem is common with public goods which are non-excludable and non-rivalrous. Non ...

  3. Assurance contract - Wikipedia

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    An assurance contract, also known as a provision point mechanism, or crowdaction, [1] is a game-theoretic mechanism and a financial technology that facilitates the voluntary creation of public goods and club goods in the face of collective action problems such as the free rider problem. The free rider problem is that there may be actions that ...

  4. The Logic of Collective Action - Wikipedia

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    Lohmann claims that Olson's free-rider problem is insufficient to explain these puzzles. Instead, she argues they are due to uncertainty (information asymmetry among actors) when special interest groups evaluate how political actors promote their interests. She states that everyone can be considered a special interest.

  5. Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia

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    These punishments effectively resolve tragedy of the commons scenarios by addressing both first-order free rider problems (i.e. defectors free riding on cooperators) and second-order free rider problems (i.e. cooperators free riding on work of punishers). [140] Such results can only be witnessed when the punishment levels are high enough.

  6. Freeriding (stock market) - Wikipedia

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    Freeriding (also known as free-riding or free riding) is a term used in stock trading to describe the practice of buying and selling shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade. In a cash account, a freeriding violation occurs when the investor sells a stock that was purchased with unsettled funds

  7. Fiveable, an online learning community for high school students, made its first-ever acquisition earlier this week: Hours, a virtual study platform built by a 16-year-old. Fiveable is a free ...

  8. Missing Hawaiian woman crossed freely into Mexico, Los ...

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    Hannah Kobayashi, a Hawaiian woman who has been missing for weeks, walked freely into Mexico just after noon on Nov. 12, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday. The department said the ...

  9. Public good (economics) - Wikipedia

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    The free rider problem is a primary issue in collective decision-making. [36] An example is that some firms in a particular industry will choose not to participate in a lobby whose purpose is to affect government policies that could benefit the industry, under the assumption that there are enough participants to result in a favourable outcome ...