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volunteer's dilemma: a standalone construct

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a situation where one person's costly action benefits everyone, so each hopes someone else will volunteer.

In game theory, volunteer's dilemma refers to a situation where one person's costly action benefits everyone, so each hopes someone else will volunteer. This meaning comes from Diekmann (1985) in Journal of Conflict Resolution.[1]

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  1. Diekmann, A. (1985). Volunteer's Dilemma. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 29(4), 605-610. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002785029004003

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