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The Hidden Costs of Control [PDF]

American Economic Review, 2006
We analyze the consequences of control on motivation in an experimental principal-agent game, where the principal can control the agent by implementing a minimum performance requirement before the agent chooses a productive activity. Our results show that control entails hidden costs since most agents reduce their performance as a response to the ...
Falk, Armin, Kosfeld, Michael
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Hidden Costs of Hospital-Based Delivery Among Women Using Public Hospitals in Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2019
Background: The Ethiopian health care system since 2005 has encouraged safe enhanced obstetrical care. However, hospital delivery has remained expensive for poor households due to hidden costs.
Melese Merga, Tilahun Fufa Debela, Tesfamichael Alaro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Markets of agro-industrial complex products in conditions of geoeconomic fragmentation of the international trade

Вестник университета
For decades, international trade has contributed to the reduction of global poverty and the income gap between countries, and the development of intercountry exchange of agricultural products has largely ensured the solution of problems of poverty and ...
E. N. Smirnov, E. A. Karelina, M. G. Pletnev   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Hidden Costs of Land Degradation in US Maize Agriculture

Earth's Future, 2021
The United States is a world leader in the production of maize and other crops and the agricultural success of the country is directly linked to the intensive use of fertilizers and irrigation.
W. S. Jang, J. C. Neff, Y. Im, L. Doro, J. E. Herrick   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The hidden costs of self-management services in the accounting activity of a company

Audit Financiar, 2017
This article addresses relevant aspects regarding the hidden costs of self-management services in the accounting area, within the accounting department of a company.
Dan Ioan TOPOR, Oana Raluca Ivan, Sorinel CAPUSNEANU, Gary COKINS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of a Life Cycle Cost Deep Learning Prediction Model Based on Building Structure Alternatives for Industrial Buildings

Buildings, 2022
Undoubtedly, most industrial buildings have a huge Life Cycle Cost (LCC) throughout their lifespan, and most of these costs occur in structural operation and maintenance costs, environmental impact costs, etc. Hence, it is necessary to think about a fast
Ahmed Meshref, Karim El-Dash, Mohamed Basiouny, Omia El-Hadidi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of molecular signatures of senescence and associated resources: pros and cons

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cells can enter a stress response state termed cellular senescence that is involved in various diseases and aging. Detecting these cells is challenging due to the lack of universal biomarkers. This review presents the current state of senescence identification, from biomarkers to molecular signatures, compares tools and approaches, and highlights ...
Orestis A. Ntintas, Sylvia Vagena, Pavlos Pantelis, Giorgos Theocharous, Russel Petty, Konstantinos Evangelou, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The hidden costs: Identification of indirect costs associated with acute gastrointestinal illness in an Inuit community. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) incidence and per-capita healthcare expenditures are higher in some Inuit communities as compared to elsewhere in Canada.
Nia King, Rachael Vriezen, Victoria L Edge, James Ford, Michele Wood, IHACC Research Team, Rigolet Inuit Community Government, Sherilee Harper   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Q‐Learning Algorithm to Solve the Two‐Player Zero‐Sum Game Problem for Nonlinear Systems

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 566-581, March 2025.
A Q‐learning algorithm to solve the two‐player zero‐sum game problem for nonlinear systems. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the two‐player zero‐sum game problem, which is a bounded L2$$ {L}_2 $$‐gain robust control problem. Finding an analytical solution to the complex Hamilton‐Jacobi‐Issacs (HJI) equation is a challenging task.
Afreen Islam, Anthony Siming Chen, Guido Herrmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distrust – the Hidden Cost of Control [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
We show experimentally that a principal's distrust in the voluntary performance of an agent has a negative impact on the agent's motivation to perform well. Before the agent chooses his performance, the principal in our experiment decides whether he wants to restrict the agents' choice set by implementing a minimum performance level for the agent ...
Falk, Armin, Kosfeld, Michael
openaire   +3 more sources