incentive
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The latest round of tax credit awards comes less than a month after Newsom signed a bill to create the state’s first post-production incentive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The data-center conflict is a textbook public-goods problem, in which AI users have an incentive to free-ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
One way round persuading a player to renew would be to offer a significant financial incentive to re-sign to negate the risk of relegation.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The real incentive a fund manager has is if they have a ton of their own personal wealth invested in the fund.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Advocates of high-stakes testing argue that it raises the standards of learning and gives students more incentive to study.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
“Crises repeatedly generate predictions of collapse, but alliances adapt precisely because the underlying incentives remain compelling.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
It said that lighter regulation, better marketing and incentives for investors were needed to stem the outflow.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
If passed, the credit would take effect in 2027 and would be stackable with states’ production incentives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
For underdeveloped Laos, the new joint facility offers military training and equipment, financial incentives and even stronger ties with Beijing, analysts say.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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