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- v. To remove an incentive, or add a disincentive
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“The minister has ordered his staff to come up with new policies and other options to reform the refugee system and "disincentivize" false claimants.”
“Well, I guess that ought to work to (as they say) "disincentivize" driving into town.”
“disincentivize" mayors and governors from having to come to Washington to ask for very special earmarking of certain projects.”
“And you tax something to disincentivize it, not to encourage it.”
“Demographic and historical forces are pointing towards a future where the tax burden shifts away from employment, which we must incentivize, and towards certain things we must disincentivize, like pollution or energy waste.”
“Right from the get-go, they were aggressive in acting to disincentivize smoking.”
Voice of America: Fewer Heavy Users Among Shrinking US Smoking Population
“They do nothing but disincentivize basic care, which doesn't cost much anyway.”
Distribution of Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“In Europe the situation is such that there are health-care reforms which try in some ways to disincentivize doctors to prescribe the latest modern medication," he says.”
“As a matter of law and economics, the government prints money, so what fine is too big to disincentivize action?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Legality of the Gizmodo Warrant
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