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- adjective Self-executing.
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Examples
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The problem with self-enforcing agreements is that they do not scale up.
Anarchy, the State, and Utopia, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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To be self-enforcing, a pact must meet four conditions ...
North and Weingast, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"The clean-air laws have historically been self-enforcing," said Russ Sciandra , the New York state director for advocacy of the American Cancer Society, which supported the bill to extend the existing smoking ban for transit facilities to include outdoor station areas.
Smoking Ban Makes Riders the Enforcers Ted Mann 2012
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The VAT is self-enforcing -- you either pay it or pass it on.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: It's the Economy, Stupid Sen. Fritz Hollings 2012
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It's self-enforcing so we can reduce the Internal Revenue Service and get rid of the tax lawyers and lobbyists in Washington.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: No Longer Free Press Sen. Fritz Hollings 2011
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The failure to grasp the continuum of extremism creates self-enforcing ignorance, as seen in Homeland Security's attempts to downplay the threat of militant right-wing groups amid pressure from conservatives.
Michelle Chen: Muslim "Terrorists," White "Lone Wolves," and the Lessons of Oslo Michelle Chen 2011
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Since the VAT is self-enforcing, much of the I.R.S. can be eliminated, cutting the size of government.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: Occupy's Cause Sen. Fritz Hollings 2011
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Since the VAT is self-enforcing, much of the I.R.S. can be eliminated, cutting the size of government.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: Occupy's Cause Sen. Fritz Hollings 2011
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The failure to grasp the continuum of extremism creates self-enforcing ignorance, as seen in Homeland Security's attempts to downplay the threat of militant right-wing groups amid pressure from conservatives.
Michelle Chen: Muslim "Terrorists," White "Lone Wolves," and the Lessons of Oslo Michelle Chen 2011
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It's self-enforcing so we can reduce the Internal Revenue Service and get rid of the tax lawyers and lobbyists in Washington.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: No Longer Free Press Sen. Fritz Hollings 2011
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