One Goldman employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media, said he was telling himself to expect no bonus at all, so that anything above zero would come as a pleasant surprise.
Another big New York firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, told lawyers not to expect any bonus.
As was to be expected, a bonus for no claims triggers a positive WTP value, whereas a deductible amounting to the same value of 500 Euro would have to be compensated.
"At this stage, most people in the finance industry are expecting little to no bonus for 2008," said Mr. Swan.
Fincher had expected a bonus for his hard work in 1993, but said he came away empty-handed.
(Nurse 2, Dispensary B, 2011, received 100,000) None of the interviewed health workers had been informed about the discontinuation of P4P, and many said that they expected new bonus payments to be made.
Analyses showed that the bonus system was positively correlated with the unnecessary care indicator, implying that the higher the expected incentive of the bonus system, the higher the proportion of unnecessary expenditure.
The bank also highlighted media reports at the time that speculated about Merrill's expected bonus payouts.
When I enjoyed a prolonged winning streak and expected a large bonus, I, too, became the picture of cockiness.
António Horta-Osório, the boss of Lloyds Banking Group, is in line for a bigger than expected bonus after the government sold off the first tranche of its stake in the bailed-out bank for a £60m profit.
