incentive

Examples of incentive in the following topics:

• Motivations Behind the Formation of Interest Groups

  • Members comprising interest groups join for solidarity, material, or purposive incentives.
  • Thus, there is no real incentive to join an interest group and pay dues if the farmer will receive that benefit anyway.
  • An expressive incentive is another basic type of incentive or benefit offered to being a member of an interest group.
  • An expressive incentive is another basic type of incentive or benefit offered to being a member of an interest group.
  • Identify the benefits and incentives for individuals to join interest groups

• The Characteristics of Members

  • Thus, there is no real incentive to join an interest group and pay dues if the farmer will receive that benefit anyway.
  • These incentives involve benefits like "socializing congeniality, the sense of group membership and identification, the status resulting from membership, fun and conviviality, the maintenance of social distinctions, and so on.
  • A solidary incentive is one in which the rewards for participation are socially derived and created out of the act of association.
  • An expressive incentive is another basic type of incentive or benefit offered to being a member of an interest group.
  • The types of interest groups that rely on expressive benefits or incentives would be environmental groups and groups who claim to be lobbying for the public interest.

• Members

  • Thus, there is no real incentive to join an interest group and pay dues if the farmer will still receive that benefit even if they do not become a member.
  • These incentives involve benefits like socializing, congeniality, the sense of group membership and identification, the status resulting from membership, fun and conviviality, the maintenance of social distinctions, and so on.
  • A solidary incentive is one in which the rewards for participation are social and created out of the act of association.
  • An expressive incentive can be another basic benefit to members of an interest group.
  • Even if the interest group does not achieve its goals, members merely want to be able to say they helped out in the process of trying to obtain the goals, which is the expressive incentive.

• Energy Policy

  • Energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, subsidies and incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation, and other public policy techniques.
  • State-specific energy-efficiency incentive programs also play a significant role in the overall energy policy of the United States.
  • Cap-and-trade is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants.

• Public Interest Groups

  • Because the benefits brought about by public interest groups benefit a large group of individuals, there is less direct incentive for people to become involved in an organization's work since they will still gain from the work even if they remain inactive.

• The Impact of Court Decisions

  • Such efficiency gains mean a one-off increase in GDP, but improved incentives to innovate and reduce costs also tend to raise the rate of economic growth.

• Age and Participation

  • Those with stable community roots often have strong incentives and greater resources for becoming involved in politics.

• The No Child Left Behind Act

  • The incentives for improvement also may cause states to lower their official standards.
  • The system of incentives and penalties sets up a strong motivation for schools, districts and states to manipulate test results.

• New Sources of Energy

  • The incentive is that clean coal would release less carbon, and that other energy sources such as hydrogen could also be captured for use in the process.

• Welfare Reform

  • This gave states no incentive to direct welfare funds to the neediest recipients or to encourage individuals to go off welfare benefits (the state lost federal money when someone left the system).