free ride

free ride The situation in which an economic agent benefits from the expenditure of others without making a contribution. A free ride is a type of externality and a source of market imperfection. An example of free riding in financial markets is when small investors benefit from the monitoring of firms carried out by institutional investors.

• standard rate
• standard selling price
• standard time
• standard variable overhead cost
• standby agreement
• standby credit
• standing order
• standstill agreement
• start-up
• start-up costs
• state banks
• State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme
• statement of account
• statement of affairs
• Statement of Auditing Standards
• statement of cash flows
• statement of changes in equity
• statement of changes in financial position
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• statement of financial position
• statement of movements in shareholders’ funds
• Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
• statement of terms of employment
• statement of total recognized gains and losses