Quality of government and solutions to collective action problems

Collective action dilemmas are at the heart of many societal problems today. Stopping the spread of COVID-19, collecting taxes to finance public policy programs, mitigating climate change – solving all of these critical problems relies on the willingness of actors to sacrifice their immediate gain in the short-term for achieving collectively desirable outcomes in the long-term. This project aims to study the role of institutional context and the quality of those authorities that regulate interaction between individuals in securing collective action and achieving socially beneficial outcomes.