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PLN, the state power company, has been trying to encourage private-sector investment, but subsidised electricity acts as a disincentive.

And there is nothing to stop us from enforcing a disincentive against the holding of large clearing balances by banks.

Such contracts have been enforced by independent arbitrators, and can be a disincentive to governments to improve human rights.

Such low water charges are a disincentive for the private sector to invest in water infrastructure and for consumers to conserve water.

The risk that new compounds may be withdrawn from the market is a strong disincentive to new drug development.

One disincentive involves reducing unemployment benefits to people who have not spent seven out of the previous eight years in Denmark.

The pricing structure is also a strong disincentive to use the iPad app at all, of course.

Working long hours is no badge of honor and is a disincentive to younger employees.

Criminal prosecutions of pirates and counterfeiters are still rare and civil fines too low to serve as a disincentive, they say.

Especially the purchase tax policy adjustments on speculative buying behaviour has played an effective disincentive .

You've got a disincentive to conserve, because if you don't use your water right, you risk losing your water right.

This arrangement acts as a disincentive to place items on top of the storage unit.

Given current intellectual property regimes, poverty is a disincentive for innovation.

frequent property deal is a disincentive for property speculation speculation acts.

A plunging share price may be the biggest disincentive to the corrupters of the weak and greedy.

"We hope it will be a disincentive for banks to pay bonuses, " said one Treasury official.

In the language of Organizational Behavior, we call these incentive and disincentive .

Nor, even now, will they be free from the threat of expropriation, another disincentive to investment.

Hawthorn stem and leaf decoction of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis is also a disincentive .

There's a disincentive to conserve, because, if you don't use your water right, you can lose your water right.

Cheap HFC-23 credits are a disincentive to investing in low-carbon electricity plants.

That implicit marginal tax rate of 23 percent is a significant disincentive.

Is high taxation a disincentive to members of the managerial class?

Will this decrease the disincentive to (kidney) donation?

"This finding certainly shouldn't be an exercise disincentive for obese women, " McTiernan cautioned.

No incentive without disincentive.

If the government also protects import- competing goods , the disincentive to export production is even stronger .

A big disincentive to any investor has been the real possibility of GM going bust.

How do you support the rule of law while providing a proper penalty and disincentive so they switch crops next year?

They get promotions, the honour of a job well done and the disincentive of shame if they fail.

Plus some super-market sales strategy, but also a disincentive for housing.

Work Disincentive Effects of Taxes: A Reexamination of Some Evidence. " American Economic Review 80 (May 1992): 243-249. "