Willingness-to-pay and free-riding in a national energy efficiency retrofit grant scheme
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.057
Abstract: Understanding the drivers of energy efficient behaviour in the household can provide significant insights on how best to provide incentives for homes to engage in energy efficiency retrofits. This can have wide-reaching effects in reducing… read more here.
Keywords: energy; retrofit; willingness pay; free riding ... See more keywords
Entanglement renders free riding redundant in the thermodynamic limit
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.01.085
Abstract: Abstract The free rider problem is one of the most well studied problems in economics. The solution proposed mainly is punitive in order to deter people from free riding. In this work we introduce quantum… read more here.
Keywords: entanglement renders; limit; free riding; renders free ... See more keywords
“Beauty contest” indicator of cognitive ability and free riding strategies. Results from a scenario experiment about pandemic flu immunization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.002
Abstract: High immunization coverage rates are desirable in order to reduce total morbidity and mortality rates, but it may also provide an incentive for herd immunity free riding strategies. The aim of this paper was to… read more here.
Keywords: riding strategies; beauty contest; cognitive ability; scenario experiment ... See more keywords
Dynamic climate clubs: On the effectiveness of incentives in global climate agreements
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109988118
Abstract: Significance Global agreements on climate change date back to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, yet little substantial coordinated abatement has taken place. Free riding is a major hurdle in the solution of global externalities and… read more here.
Keywords: climate; free riding; change; climate clubs ... See more keywords
Municipal merger and debt issuance in South African municipalities
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1753872
Abstract: ABSTRACT Existing research reveals opportunistic free-riding behaviours by municipalities facing mergers; these behaviours include over-issuance of debt before mergers because their burden will be shared by newly constructed municipalities. Nevertheless, the literature presents few solutions… read more here.
Keywords: free riding; south african; municipal merger; riding behaviours ... See more keywords
Unequal and Unfair: Free Riding in One-Shot Interactions
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DOI: 10.1111/soin.12218
Abstract: iv Introduction 1 Literature Review 2 Conceptualization and Operationalization 6 Methodology 6 Primary Results 9 Additional Results 12 Discussion 15 Conclusion 17 References 18 Appendix A 21 Appendix B 23 Appendix C 25 Vita 30 read more here.
Keywords: one shot; free riding; unequal unfair; unfair free ... See more keywords
The likelihood of local allies free-riding: Testing economic theories of alliances in US counterinsurgency interventions
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DOI: 10.1177/0010836717701966
Abstract: In counterinsurgency interventions, free-riding by small, local allies is persistent. Yet, the literature on free-riding by small allies is largely limited to conventional multilateral partnerships, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, neglecting other types… read more here.
Keywords: theories alliances; economic theories; counterinsurgency interventions; local allies ... See more keywords
Rallying the troops
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DOI: 10.1177/0022343317731152
Abstract: Is the acquisition of personnel for UN peacekeeping missions susceptible to free-riding by UN member states? If so, what drives this behavior and what impact does this have on obtaining required personnel for the mission?… read more here.
Keywords: mission; member states; rallying troops; free riding ... See more keywords
Free Riding in the Monastery: Club Goods, the Cistercian Order and Agricultural Investment in Ancien Regime France
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2967398
Abstract: How can transaction costs prevent effective monitoring of members in an organization? In this paper I test for a relationship between the cost of monitoring and free riding behavior within a religious organization by using… read more here.
Keywords: free riding; ancien regime; monitoring; france ... See more keywords