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  • noun Plural form of disincentive.

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Examples

  • Logical universal health requires a different set of incentives and disincentives from the traditional insurance game, which is why it is operated by the government wherever it works.

    Matthew Yglesias » Mandates 2007

  • At most schools, sys Priebatsch, professors fight the problem of cheating with a game mechanic called disincentives.

    Forbes.com: News Forbes Blogs 2011

  • For one, South African exporters enjoy export incentives while their Nigerian counterparts say that, in their case, "disincentives" would be a more appropriate term.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Most of these latter items are concerned with eliminating or moderating what can only be termed "disincentives" to business -- onerous taxes that have built up over the years.

    New York: The Road to Recovery 1977

  • Stephen@15: I quite agree that the difficulty is that the long-term disincentives don’t have enough weight in the present.

    Smoking Habit for Sale - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • However, Rehn said some "disincentives" are needed to prevent another eurozone country requiring a bailout.

    daytondailynews.com - News AOIFE WHITE 2010

  • However, Rehn said some "disincentives" are needed to prevent another eurozone country requiring a bailout.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2010

  • But despite the European Commission also stressing that "disincentives" designed to put Greece off were being discussed among euro partners, Papaconstantinou said no fresh measures had so far been sought from Athens "for the very simple reason that we have already taken measures far exceeding our target, precisely to safeguard that target."

    EU News eub2 2010

  • However, Rehn said some "disincentives" are needed to prevent another eurozone country requiring a bailout.

    ABC News: ABCNews 2010

  • However, Rehn said some "disincentives" are needed to prevent another eurozone country requiring a bailout.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2010

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