The Free‐Rider Problem: A Survey*

John McMillan

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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.

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