What Price Incentives

Author : Steven Kelman
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001929087

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What Price Incentives? by Steven Kelman Pdf

Sets forth in a straightforward and sensible way the philosophical reasons for the non-economist's skepticism of the economist's view of the world. Its relevance extends beyond environmental issues to other areas where microeconomic theory is being applied to public policy. Kelman cites results to confirm his view that both opponents and supporters of economic incentives have important philosophical concerns. He takes the role of an advocate of the use of incentives in formulating an environmental policy. He also discusses political strategy from the point of view of the policy entrepreneur who is trying to get ideas adopted. Economists and non-economists alike will welcome this book as a bridge over a perceptual gap in an important area of policymaking.

Author : Timothy J. Bartik
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780880996686

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Making Sense of Incentives by Timothy J. Bartik Pdf

Bartik provides a clear and concise overview of how state and local governments employ economic development incentives in order to lure companies to set up shop—and provide new jobs—in needy local labor markets. He shows that many such incentive offers are wasteful and he provides guidance, based on decades of research, on how to improve these programs.

Author : Nathan M. Jensen,Edmund J. Malesky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108418904

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Incentives to Pander by Nathan M. Jensen,Edmund J. Malesky Pdf

An examination of why politicians choose to employ targeted tax incentives to firms that are inefficient and distortionary.

Author : Donald E. Campbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107035249

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Incentives by Donald E. Campbell Pdf

This book examines incentives at work to see how and how well coordination is achieved by motivating individual decision makers.

Author : Wendy D. Lynch,Harold H. Gardner
Publisher : Health as Human Capital Fou
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780980070200

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Aligning Incentives, Information, and Choice by Wendy D. Lynch,Harold H. Gardner Pdf

Why would someone intentionally gain forty pounds in four months? Why are over thirty percent of doctor visits for reasons that the American Medical Association recommends against? Why would the size of someone's bonus pay affect his or her interest in health? Incentives, that's why. Incentives are imbedded into the rules and structures of our social systems, businesses, communities, and healthcare programs. Similar to the force of gravity, incentives pull behaviors in a particular direction. Maybe you don't pay attention to incentives now-after reading this, we think you will.

Author : Samuel Bowles
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300221084

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The Moral Economy by Samuel Bowles Pdf

Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding “no.” Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may “crowd out” ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd in the civic motives on which good governance depends.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Enhanced oil recovery
ISBN : UOM:39015076084527

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Incentives for Tertiary Enhanced Recovery Techniques by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Suzanne Scotchmer
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262693431

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Innovation and Incentives by Suzanne Scotchmer Pdf

Interest in intellectual property and other institutions that promote innovation exploded during the 1990s. Innovation and Incentives provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the economics of innovation, suitable for teaching at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be useful to legal and economics professionals. Written by an expert on intellectual property and industrial organization, the book achieves a balanced mix of institutional details, examples, and theory. Analytical, empirical, or institutional factors can be given different emphases at different levels of study. Innovation and Incentives presents the historical, legal, and institutional contexts in which innovation takes place. After a historical overview of the institutions that support innovation, ranging from ancient history through today's government funding and hybrid institutions, the book discusses knowledge as a public good, the economic design of intellectual property, different models of cumulative innovation, the relation of competition to licensing and joint ventures, patent and copyright enforcement and litigation, private/public funding relationships, patent values and the return on R&D investment, intellectual property issues arising from direct and indirect network externalities, and globalization. The text presents technical and abstract analysis and at the same time sheds light on current controversies and policy-relevant topics, including the difficulty of enforcing copyright in the digital age and international protection of intellectual property.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045395097

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Gold Production Incentives by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Gold
ISBN : UCAL:$B642985

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Gold Production Incentives by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels Pdf

Author : Glenn Blackmon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461527060

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Incentive Regulation and the Regulation of Incentives by Glenn Blackmon Pdf

The class is theory of price regulation assumed that the regulator knows the fIrm's costs, the key piece of information that enables regulators to pressure fmns to choose appropriate behaviors. The "regulatory problem" was reduced to a mere pricing problem: the regulator's goal was to align price with marginal cost, subject to the constraint that revenues must cover costs. Elegant and important insights ensued. The most important was that regulation was inevitably a struggle to achieve second-best outcomes. (Ramsey pricing was a splendid example. ) Reality proved harsh to regulatory theory. The fmn's costs are by no means known to the regulator. At best, the regulator may know how much is currently spent to provide services, but hardly what costs would be if the fmn vigorously pursued effIciency. Even if the current cost curve were known to the regulator, technologies change so swiftly that today's costs are a very poor indicator of tomorrow's, and those are the costs that will determine the fIrm's future decisions. With the burgeoning attention to information considerations and game theory in economics, the regulator's problem of eliciting host information about cost has received considerable attention. In most cases, however, it has been in context that are both static and stylized; such analyses rarely capture many of the essential elements of real world regulatory issues. This volume represents a fresh approach. It reflects Glenn Blackmon's twin strengths, a keen analytic mind and important experience in the regulatory arena.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251303849

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The impact of markets and policy on incentives for rice production in Rwanda by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The prioritization of rice as a strategic food and cash crop in Rwanda has paid dividends, with production increasing by one-third during 2010–2015. However, production expansion has failed to keep pace with growing consumption demand. In 2015, around 30 percent of national consumption was met by imported long grain rice. The paper aims to single out the constraints which have been preventing the Rwandan rice sector to fully seize market opportunities in recent years. Looking at Nominal Rates of Protection faced by agents in the rice value chain over 2005–15, we find rice producers enjoy significant price incentives, mostly as a result of protective trade measures. Other factors, however, appear to be hindering investments in land, the adoption of modern inputs, and the production of high quality rice that can more readily substitute imports. This evidence is used along with recent literature and stakeholder interviews to formulate policy recommendations.

Author : J. P. Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136511493

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Productivity and Economic Incentives by J. P. Davidson Pdf

As the controversies surrounding performance related pay have demonstrated, reward management is a key issue. Collecting the results of 'fieldwork' investigations in factories and retail outlets, this book measures output before and after a change in methods of remuneration. The link between productivity and stress is explored and conclusions drawn. An introductory chapter, by the eminent economist P. Sargant Florence summarises previously published productivity studies.

Author : Gregory Sanders,Jesse Ellman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442280663

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Use of Incentives in Performance-Based Logistics Contracting by Gregory Sanders,Jesse Ellman Pdf

Traditional contracting is primarily transactional, rewarding contractors when deliveries are made or certain process milestones are met. Performance-Based Logistic (PBL) contracting seeks to base contractor incentives on ongoing performance measures to achieve reliability and cost savings. Key to the success of these arrangements are the incentives that align the interests of the customer and the vendor. This report describes the incentives used in PBL contracts, identifies best practices, and provides recommendations for effective incentives going forward. The study team interviewed PBL practitioners including defense-unique contractors, defense-commercial contractors, and experts who are knowledgeable in the government perspective in the United States and abroad. The team supplemented these interviews by analyzing a PBL dataset of U.S. Department of Defense contracts. Of the four identified categories of incentives—time-based, financial, scope, and other—interviews found that time-based incentives stood out for their reliable appeal and relative underuse in the United States.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Energy and Foundations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : PURD:32754076288988

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Incentives for Developing New Energy Sources by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Energy and Foundations Pdf