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"Economic incentives" as a book category covers works that examine how rewards, penalties and institutional arrangements shape individual and collective decision-making. Books in this category explore theoretical and empirical mechanisms—market prices, taxes and subsidies, bonuses and commissions, regulations, nudges, and contract design—using tools from microeconomics, game theory, behavioral economics and public policy to explain why people and organizations act the way they do. They include practical analyses of incentive design in business, finance, healthcare, education, environmental policy and development, as well as case studies of successful and unintended consequences. Aimed at students, policymakers, managers and interested general readers, these books illuminate how incentives can be structured to align private behavior with social goals and where they can fail or create perverse outcomes.

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