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INCENTIVES MATTER: INCENTIVE DESIGN MATTERS MORE

Listener: 22 March, 2008.

Keywords: Social Policy; Statistics;

“Incentives matter” is a routine part of economists’ thinking. Tax a commodity, its price goes up and there is an incentive to reduce consumption. Reduce the tax, the price goes down and the incentive goes the other way.

But many real-life circumstances are more complex, and [...]

22nd March 2008 | Comments Closed

BUZZ WORDS V BUSINESS

A report finds our health system is too top-down. 
 
Listener: 8 March, 2008. 
 
Keywords: Governance; Health; 
 
“There does not seem to be the understanding that several actions – for example, writing a policy or reminding staff about a concern – are actually very weak actions. There is also little indication that general clinical staff are involved in the [...]

8th March 2008 | Comments Closed