The Free-Rider Problem: A Pedagogical Note (Using Indifference Curve Technology)

Richard Cebula (), Willie Belton and John McLeod

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Abstract: This brief note develops a pedagogically useful new (albeit still rudimentary) way of teaching the free-rider concept. This simple approach applies the familiar tools of indifference curve analysis to the topic at hand. Since so many students of economics are well versed in indifference curves, this approach is suggested as a useful supplement to the usual textbook treatment, which generally adopts supply-demand analysis .

Keywords: free-rider problem; indifference curve analysis; pedagogy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 H49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-11-16
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Published in Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali 4.42(1995): pp. 327-332

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