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单词 free-rider problem
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free-rider problem
2. Originally U.S. Originally: a person who rides a train, bus, etc., without having paid for it (when others have). Now chiefly: a person who, or organization which, benefits (or seeks to benefit) in some way from the effort of others, without making a similar contribution. Also attributive, in free-rider problem. Cf. free-ride v. 1, free-riding n. 1b.
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1859 Amer. Railway Times 5 Mar. 2/6 2,110,993 passengers, not including commuters and free riders.
1923 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 16 Aug. 11 (advt.) The free rider which we miss doesn't help build up our service.
1937 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 23 Feb. 3/4 There is an example of unusually friendly cooperation between the Stock Exchange and a government agency..in the handling of the ‘free rider’ problem.
1941 R. A. Brady in Polit. Sci. Q. 56 222 It is a characteristic common to practically all leading trade associations and cartels that they seek to eliminate ‘outsiders’ or ‘free-riders’.
1942 Washington Post 24 Feb. 23/6 A new ruling by the Treasury designed to block out the ‘free riders’. Free riding consists of subscribing to a new issue with the expectation of selling out almost at once at a slight profit.
1985 Fiscal Stud. Aug. 41 The free-riders have lower costs (since they do not themselves provide the pre-sales services even though they benefit) and hence can offer lower retail prices.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. ii. 20/3 Assuming you are a team player and not a free rider, there is a high level of commitment in terms of input at syndicate meetings..and so forth.
2002 I. Mallick in A. K. Bagchi Money & Credit Indian Hist. 216 What is missing is the appreciation of the free-rider problem which pervades provision of public goods.
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