Supplement to The Free Rider Problem
Long descriptions for some figures in the free-rider problem
Figure 1 description
A strategic structure (sometimes known as a strategic game). This is a chicken game between two participants, “I” and “You”, who can either defer or not defer. The result is depicted in a two by two table; each cell of which contains the preference-rank values of the two participants (“I” first)
| You | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| defer | do not
defer | ||
| I | defer | 2, 2 | 3, 1 |
| do not defer | 1, 3 | 4, 4 | |
Figure 3 description
A strategic structure (sometimes known as a strategic game). This is a battle-of-the-sexes problem with two participants, “I” and “You”, who can either do A or do B. The result is depicted in a two by two table; each cell of which contains the preference-rank values of the two participants (“I” first)
| You | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| do A | do B | ||
| I | do A | 2, 1 | 3, 4 |
| do B | 4, 3 | 1,2 | |