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COVID-19 and Collective Action

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  • Sandler Todd

    (School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA)

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This conceptual article argues that COVID-19 poses myriad global collective action challenges, some of which are easier than others to address. COVID-19 requires numerous distinct activities – e.g., vaccine development, uncovering treatment practices, imposing quarantines, and disease surveillance. The prognosis for effective collective action rests on the underlying aggregator technologies, which indicate how individual contributions determine the amount of a COVID-19 activity that is available for consumption. Best- and better-shot aggregators are more apt to promote desired outcomes than weakest- and weaker-link aggregators. The roles for public policy and important actors (e.g., multi-stakeholder partnerships) in fostering collective action are indicated.

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  • Sandler Todd, 2020. "COVID-19 and Collective Action," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 26(3), pages 1-08, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:26:y:2020:i:3:p:08:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2020-0023
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    Cited by:

    1. Todd Sandler, 2023. "COVID-19 Activities: Publicness and Strategic Concerns," Games, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-19, January.
    2. Liu, Weifeng Larry & Sandler, Todd, 2024. "Public goods, group size, and provision aggregation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 146-167.

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