Table 1.

Evaluation of social dilemmas’ attributes

Social dilemma*Significant short-term individual interestSignificant short-term collective interestSignificant defecting choiceSignificant cooperative choiceSignificant long-term individual interestSignificant long-term collective interest
Public good or collective action problemE,PS✓ ✓ ✓✓
Commons dilemmaE,PS,S✓ ✓  ✓
The credible commitment problemE,PS✓✓   ✓
Moral hazard and adverse selection E✓✓   ✓
Social trapsM,MK,P,S✓ ✓ ✓✓
Social fencesP,S✓ ✓ ✓✓
Firm’s social dilemma✓✓✓✓✓✓

Note(s): *E: Economics; M: Management; MK: Marketing; PS: Political science; P: Psychology; and S: Sociology. Even though almost all different types of social dilemmas can be used interdisciplinary and have applications in various social science disciplines, we specify the most relevant discipline(s) to each social dilemma on the basis of their usage in those discipline(s)

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