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Steiner Brandt, Urs, Poulsen, Anders 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-2595 and Tinggaard Svendsen, Gert
(2024)
Toward a third-generation rational choice theory: The multiple player approach to collective action problems.
Mind & Society, 23 (1-2).
99–122.
ISSN 1593-7879
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Abstract
This paper aims to contribute to the development of a “third-generation” rational choice theory by introducing a Multiple Player Approach for analysing collective action problems. Drawing on the foundational first and second generation works of Olson (The logic of collective action, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1965) and Ostrom (Scand Polit Stud 23(1):3–16), we introduce five player types that we believe capture essential empirical features of many real world collective action problems: Blind Riders, Tough Riders, Hard Riders, Easy Riders, and Low Riders. We consider the complex interaction and dynamics that unfold among them. The main novelty of the analysis is to draw attention to the need for active societal support to effectively empower and reward hard riders for resolving collective action problems, particularly when facing external shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, and financial crises.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data availability statement: The manuscript has no associated data. Funding information: Open access funding provided by Aarhus Universitet. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | collective action problems,game theory,player types,rational choice theory,social psychology,experimental and cognitive psychology,philosophy,social sciences (miscellaneous),economics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2024 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2024 01:44 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97052 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11299-024-00305-w |
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