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Delegation and incentives [PDF]
The RAND Journal of Economics, 2008 This article analyzes the relation between authority and incentives. It extends the standard principal‐agent model by a project selection stage in which the principal can either delegate the choice of project to the agent or keep the authority. The agent's subsequent choice of effort depends both on monetary incentives and the selected project.
Bester, Helmut, Krähmer, Daniel
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Refining contextual inquiry to maximize generalizability and accelerate the implementation process
Implementation Research and Practice, 2021 Background: While contextual inquiry, or in-depth mixed-methods work to study the implementation context, is critical for understanding the setting in which a behavioral health evidence-based practice (EBP) will be implemented, current methods to ...
Molly Davis, Rinad S Beidas
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A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
Nature Sustainability, 2020 The increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable practices.
Valeria Piñeiro +10 more
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Is the Nagoya Protocol designed to conserve biodiversity?
Plants, People, Planet, 2022 Societal Impact Statement We have entered a monumental era in terms of realizing the impact of biodiversity loss on our everyday lives. We suffer from the consequences of biodiversity loss due to overexploitation of natural resources as we continue ...
Aysegul Sirakaya
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, 2007 In this paper we consider a moral hazard problem, in which the agent after receiving his wage contract but before undertaking the costly effort can borrow on his future wage earnings.
Reiche, Sonje
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Bridging the research‐implementation gap requires engagement from practitioners
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 A widely recognized challenge in natural resource management and conservation is the gap between the knowledge generated by researchers and the information being used to inform policy and practice.
Natalie S. Dubois +3 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Non-monetary incentives in the form of awards have so far escaped the attention ofneconomists despite their widespread use. This paper presents an experiment conductednonline at IBM to assess the impact of these kinds of extrinsic incentives. Introducing a hypothetical award has statistically significant effects on stated contributions to a publicngood.
Neckermann, Susanne, Frey, Bruno S
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, 2006 This paper considers hidden teacher effort in educational production and discusses the implications of multiple teacher effort dimensions on optimum incentive contracts in a theoretical framework.
Jaag, Christian
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background The HealthyFood (HF) program offers members up to 25% cash back monthly on healthy food purchases. In this randomized controlled trial, we tested the efficacy of financial incentives combined with text messages in increasing healthy food ...
Anjali Gopalan +7 more
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Water Policy, 2022 This research investigates the development of water supply and sanitation services (WSS) for vulnerable households, discussing the alignment of policies, institutions, and regulations to provide the right incentives to achieve universal access.
Daniel Antonio Narzetti +1 more
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