The phrase "a perverse effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an unintended or counterproductive outcome of an action or decision.
Example: "The new policy aimed at reducing waste had a perverse effect, leading to increased littering in public spaces."
Alternatives: "an unintended consequence" or "a counterproductive outcome".
But for compensation, it has had a perverse effect.
The SRA's performance targets have had a perverse effect, too.
In the world of books, the indefinite extension of copyright has had a perverse effect.
A doctor you spoke to described the imagery of Ivory Coast's civil war as "a perverse effect of globalization".
That has a perverse effect on French politics, by giving Mr Chirac a big incentive to remain president.
It suggests that the use of bednets in places where malarial transmission is high may have a perverse effect.
It appears that every recent electronic (computer-based) invention in telecommunications, though ostensibly designed to enhance, speed up, facilitate, expedite, streamline or improve (take your pick) communications, seems to have an opposite and perverse effect: it eventually reduces the chance to contact anyone directly when needed.
One specialist in corporate law, who spoke on condition of anonymity because his firm is an Enron creditor, said, "In a case like this, this perverse effect should be discussed at the very highest levels in the firm".
It would raise the income at which all married couples jump from the 15percenttaxax bracket to the 28percentt bracket, a move that has the perverse effect of benefiting the richest third of all families.
It also shows the perverse effect of a federal law that has kept that group of victims, some of whom lost only a few hundred dollars, and others who lost millions from filing a class-action suit.
And yet, the barrier – and the general improvement in security within Israel – has had a perverse opposite effect.
