My understanding is that this is not a settled issue, and there is dispute about the evidence, conflicting studies, and so on. Regardless, to the extent that i

My understanding is that this is not a settled issue, and there is dispute about the evidence, conflicting studies, and so on. Regardless, to the extent that it's true, it's imo likely more to do with the nature of crimes of passion, and is certainly not evidence against the effects of incentives in general. Death penalty aside, if you are doing any kind of work, and you know you will be held accountable for errors in that work in ways that matter to you (whether SLA agreements, getting sued, losing payment, etc), it will change the way approach it. At least for the most people.