Payment

  1. Human cooperation declines in punctuated steps
  2. Industry payments were linked to more brand-name MS prescribing
    Pharmaceutical payments to clinicians correlated with reduced generic prescribing for MS medications, increasing costs for patients and the healthcare system overall.
  3. Output-based wages were linked to higher quality and slower task work
    Study shows output-based pay leads to higher quality and more time per task unit than time-based pay, suggesting compensation structure signals performance standards.
  4. Result-based contracts appear more acceptable for dairy methane reduction
    Study integrating farmer preferences into cost-efficient design of agri-environmental contracts for methane mitigation in Polish dairy production.
  5. Danish landowners prefer higher compensation for restrictive agri-environment schemes
    Choice experiment analysis of Danish landowners' preferences for temporary versus permanent agri-environmental schemes, revealing policy design misalignment between implicit discount rates.
  6. Smart tuition system improved school financial administration
    Web-based tuition payment system reduces transaction delays and errors while improving financial transparency in school administration through automated processing and real-time reporting.
  7. Expectiles can minimize basis risk in parametric insurance
    Expectiles characterize basis risk-optimal payment schemes in parametric insurance contracts, minimizing asymmetric loss functions while retaining operational efficiency.
  8. Correlated regime-switching raises guaranteed annuity option prices
    Learn how regime-switching models and correlated risks improve guaranteed annuity option valuation, providing insurers with accurate pricing and enhanced risk management frameworks.
  9. Undocumented patients had more self-pay ED visits after 2018
    Study shows undocumented patients increased self-pay emergency visits after 2018 public charge policy announcement, with differential rates persisting through mid-2019.