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Collective action problem

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group decision-making(also known as collaborative decision-making or collective decision-making) a situation faced when individuals collectively make a choice from the alternatives before them.
strong nash equilibriumIn game theory, a strong Nash equilibrium is a combination of actions of the different players, in which no coalition of players can cooperatively deviate in a way that strictly benefits all of its members, given that the actions of the other players remain fixed.
non-cooperative game theoryIn game theory, a non-cooperative game is a game in which there are no external rules or binding agreements that enforce the cooperation of the players.
collective intelligenceshared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making.
imperfect competitionIn economics, imperfect competition refers to a situation where the characteristics of an economic market do not fulfil all the necessary conditions of a perfectly competitive market.
social choice theorya branch of welfare economics that extends the theory of rational choice to collective decision-making.
pareto efficiencynounSynonym of Pareto optimality.
group actionnoun(sociology) A situation in which a large number of agents take action simultaneously in order to achieve a common goal; their actions are usually coordinated.
tragedy of the commonsnoun(ecology, economics, politics, social criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.
tragedy of the anticommonsThe tragedy of the anticommons is a type of coordination breakdown, in which a commons does not emerge, even when general access to resources or infrastructure would be a social good.
social dynamicsnoun(sociology) The study of interactions within and between societies.
theory of the second bestIn welfare economics, the theory of the second best concerns the situation when one or more optimality conditions cannot be satisfied.
collectivenounFormed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
market failurenoun(economics) A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient.
cooperative game theoryIn game theory, a cooperative game (or coalitional game) is a game with groups of players who form binding “coalitions” with external enforcement of cooperative behavior (e.g. through contract law).
cooperationnoun(usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
ethical dilemmaIn philosophy, an ethical dilemma, also called an ethical paradox or moral dilemma, is a situation in which two or more conflicting moral imperatives, none of which overrides the other, confront an agent.
wicked problemnoun(social planning) A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.
cooperativitynounthe state or quality of being cooperative
positive interdependencean element of cooperative and collaborative learning where members of a group who share common goals perceive that working together is individually and collectively beneficial, and success depends on the participation of all the members.

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