The Free‐Rider Problem: A Survey*
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Economic Record
- Vol. 55 (2) , 95-107
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.1979.tb02209.x
Abstract
A number of recent papers have developed a variety of ways of overcoming the free‐rider problem. This essay presents a survey and exposition of these contributions and suggests that the free‐rider problem is a statement of the incompleteness of the standard theory rather than a description of the world. Misallocation of resources is not inevitable in a public‐goods economy.This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
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