Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
5-15-2015
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
15-23
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
This article provides an overview of Mancur Olson’s Logic of Collective Action and its impact on Olson’s subsequent work. It also suggests that the implications of his simple, elegant, theory have not yet been fully worked out. To illustrate this point, the second half of the essay demonstrates that the number of privileged and latent groups and their costs in a given society are not entirely determined by economic factors or group size alone. Politics, technology, and culture also matter.
Digital Commons Citation
Congleton, Roger D., "The Logic of Collective Action and Beyond" (2015). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 156.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/156