Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121732 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 1911
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
The problem of coordination concerns how to make actions or choices of social agents (individuals or organizations) match in the right way. Some problems of coordination are also problems of separation. In many cases of lack of coordination, communication is faulty or not very reliable. Sometimes, the expectations of the agents in the problem- situation fulfill the fundamental role of achieving coordination. But successful coordination may need not only institutions, customs, or beliefs, but also technology, in some appropriate combination. The complementary problem is to find out a mechanism of lock-in, in order that the coordinated result become steady and persist. In this text, these thoughts are applied to issues of public policies concerning community safety, international relations, combating unjust discrimination, public health, metrology and standardization, consumer protection, support of small business, as well as urban policy.
Subjects: 
collective action
problem of coordination
lock-in
standardization
JEL: 
H41
Z13
Z18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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