# collective action problem

> situation in which all individuals would be better off cooperating but fail to do so because of conflicting interests between individuals that discourage joint action

**Wikidata**: [Q55607920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55607920)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/collective-action-problem


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)