Free-ride

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of free ride. alt-of, alternative

    "People might contribute in the beginning before they really understand the incentive structure of the game, but as comprehension dawns they realise that the rational thing to do would be to free-ride and start to do so, which leads to the resulting decay in the contributions to the public account."

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"People might contribute in the beginning before they really understand the incentive structure of the game, but as comprehension dawns they realise that the rational thing to do would be to free-ride and start to do so, which leads to the resulting decay in the contributions to the public account."

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