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Friends Don't Let Friends Free Ride

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  • Nicholas Eubank
  • Dorothy Kronick

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Theory predicts that social sanctioning can solve the collective action problem, but only when people find out whether their peers participate. We evaluate this prediction using data from the near-universe of cell phone subscribers in Venezuela. Those whose behavior is more easily observed by peers are much more likely to protest and much more likely to sign a political petition than otherwise similar people in less-visible social network positions. Together with qualitative and survey data, we interpret this finding as evidence that social network structure can facilitate (or frustrate) social sanctioning as a solution to the collective action problem.

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  • Nicholas Eubank & Dorothy Kronick, 2021. "Friends Don't Let Friends Free Ride," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 16(4), pages 533-557, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jlqjps:100.00020143
    DOI: 10.1561/100.00020143
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