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Membership of associations and free‐riders
Author(s) -
Jones P. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1981.tb00386.x
Subject(s) - free rider problem , join (topology) , free riding , psychology , social psychology , free will , sociology , law and economics , economics , microeconomics , epistemology , mathematics , philosophy , public good , combinatorics , incentive
In this article the author, using case study material, considers the motives which induce individuals either to join associations or to free‐ride. In particular, he concludes that analysis and thinking on the free‐rider problem needs to be pursued in a specific, well defined manner.