Holmås, Tor Helge; Kjerstad, Egil; Lurås, Hilde; … - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas … - 2008
We study whether the use of explicit monetary incentives might be counter-productive. In particular, we focus on the effect of fining owners of long-term care institutions who prolong length of stay at hospitals. We outline a simple theoretical model, based on motivational crowding theory,...