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[email protected]. Collective Action and Decision Making: An analysis of economic modeling and environmental freeriding. Class of 2016 Thomas Miller Sponsor, Jeff Dunn Committee Members: Jennifer Everett, John Caraher, Mark Kannowski, Michele Villinski 1 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Kevin Moore for the founding questions. I would like to thank my committee for answering my basic questions. I would like to thank Peter Meyer Reimer for questioning my questions. I would like to thank Burke Stanton for pushing my questions. I would like to thank Jeff for guiding my questions. 2 3 Table of Contents Preface. 6 Chapter 1, Olson’s Model. 8 Chapter 1b, Olson’s Model & Game Theory 23 Chapter 2, Distal Causes. 33 Chapter 2b, Applied Models and What They Mean for Us. 47 Chapter 3, Identity Economics.