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Incentive Processes in Finite Populations [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 We define the incentive process, a natural generalization of the Moran process incorporating evolutionary updating mechanisms corresponding to well-known evolutionary dynamics, such as the logit, projection, and best-reply dynamics. Fixation probabilities and internal stable states are given for a variety of incentives, including new closed-forms, as ...
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Incentives in Organizations [PDF]
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998 In this paper, the author summarizes four new strands in agency theory that help him think about incentives in real organizations. As a point of departure, The author begins with a quick sketch of the classic agency model. He then discusses static models of objective performance measurement that sharpen Kerr's argument; repeated-game models of ...
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Autophagy in cancer and protein conformational disorders
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Autophagy plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes, including protein and organelle quality control, development, immunity, and metabolism. Hence, dysregulation or mutations in autophagy‐related genes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases.
Sergio Attanasio
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Incentives for breastfeeding and for smoking cessation in pregnancy: An exploration of types and meanings [PDF]
, 2014 Financial or tangible incentives are a strategy for improving health behaviours. The mechanisms of action of incentives are complex and debated. Using a multidisciplinary integrated mixed methods study, with service-user collaboration throughout, we ...
Crossland, N +4 more
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Equity Incentives and Earnings Management
, 2004 We examine the relationship between equity incentives and earnings management in the banking industry. By focusing on this regulated industry and using industry-specific earnings management proxies, we provide evidence on the impact of regulation on ...
Q. Cheng, Terry D. Warfield, Minlei Ye
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Social Incentives in Organizations
Annual Review of Economics, 2018 We review the evidence on social incentives, namely on how social interactions with colleagues, subordinates, bosses, customers, and others shape agents’ effort choices in organizations.
N. Ashraf, O. Bandiera
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Incentive Design and Utility Learning via Energy Disaggregation [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 The utility company has many motivations for modifying energy consumption patterns of consumers such as revenue decoupling and demand response programs. We model the utility company--consumer interaction as a principal--agent problem. We present an iterative algorithm for designing incentives while estimating the consumer's utility function. Incentives
arxiv
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The protonated form of butyrate, as well as other short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs), is membrane permeable. In acidic extracellular environments, this can lead to intracellular accumulation of SCFAs and cytosolic acidification. This phenomenon will be particularly relevant in acidic environments such as the large intestine or tumor microenvironments ...
Muwei Jiang +2 more
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Playing Hardball: Relationship Banking in the Age of Credit Derivatives [PDF]
This paper develops a contracting framework in order to explore the effects of credit derivatives on banks’ incentives to monitor loans, their incentives to intervene, and, ultimately, borrowers’ incentives to perform. We show that (i) credit derivatives
Stefan ARPING,
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Investment Incentives and Electricity Spot Market Design [PDF]
, 2010 In liberalized electricity markets strategic firms compete in an environment characterized by fluctuating demand and non-storability of electricity.
Grimm, Veronika, Zöttl, Gregor
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