Microeconomics
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259813337
Author: KARLAN, Dean S., Morduch, Jonathan
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To explain: The type of incentive and the participants involved.
To ascertain whether the incentive would encourage or discourage people and whether the incentive would work.
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