Collective Action

Collective action problem in heterogeneous groups

“…Olson's Logic has had a tremendous impact on a diversity of social sciences (see [7][8][9][10][11][12] for summaries of more recent work). However, it appears to be somewhat ignored in evolutionary biology.…”

“…conflicts between individual and collective interests, can be resolved has been a subject of intense observational, experimental and theoretical work across a variety of scientific disciplines including economics, evolutionary biology, anthropology and psychology. Here, I will be concerned with one particular set of social dilemmas-the collective action problem (CAP) within the context of collective goods production [5,7]. This is a situation when group members can make an individually costly effort towards achieving some group-beneficial goals (e.g.…”

Group Size Effect on Cooperation on Social Dilemmas

“…groups: since the increase in the number of people inevitably leads to decreasing individual gains relative to the cost of cooperation, free-riding would be much more pervasive in larger groups: large groups will fail; small groups may succeed 2,5 . However, others pointed out that the increase in the number of people does not necessarily lead to lower individual gains: the incentive to cooperate can even increase and lead to a positive relation between the size of the group and the level of collective actions 20,21 .…”

O agronegócio e as negociações comerciais internacionais: uma análise da ação coletiva do setor privado

“…Rodada Uruguai e segue até a Rodada Doha, incluindo também essa discussão. Seguindo a lógica primordial de teorias de ação coletiva (CHAMBERLIN, 1974;HARDIN 1991;MOE,1980aMOE, , 1980bOLSON, 1999 Encontra-se na literatura vários trabalhos a respeito da reorganização do setor agrícola e de suas associações após a desarticulação intervencionista do Estado no final da década de 80 e início dos anos 90 (LAMOUNIER, 1994;LOPES, 1992;MARTÍNEZ, 2000;TAKAGI, 2000). (Olson,op.cit.…”