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> It'd be interested to see what happens if you give the deciders X% of any unused budget as an EOY bonus. We already know the answer to this, on average at le
by ska 4y ago
> It'd be interested to see what happens if you give the deciders X% of any unused budget as an EOY bonus.
We already know the answer to this, on average at least the system will be gamed to put money in their pockets, to overall detriment of service.
- bumby 4y agoHow do we already know this? Is there actual studies that show this impact?
- kelnos 4y agoI don't think we need a study to show the obvious outcome when you set up incentives in certain ways.
- bumby 4y agoThen we're no longer making evidence-based policy. That's just hypothesis-based policy. And unfortunately, humans are reallllly good at rationalizing whatever hypothesis suits their biases.
- lfpeb8b45ez 4y agoI’ll need evidence for that claim.
- bumby 4y agoIn academia, behavioral psychology is rife with examples if you want to dig deeper. In culture, so is religion.
- jslaby 4y agoI think we have a real world test case with the Russian military