The trigger for a 67% vote against the pay report was both the short- and long-term incentive proposals.
Mr. Levy would not comment yesterday on the incentive proposals, or on City Hall's opposition to them.
It remains to be seen whether Mr. Levy will withdraw the incentive proposals and come up with a plan more palatable to Mr. Giuliani.
Unfortunately, incentive proposals from utilities typically do not rigorously link the incentives to a formal measure of opportunity cost.
But Robert Greenstein, of the Centre on Budget and Policy Priorities, argues that crowding out is bound to occur as the government tries to cover more children.Mr Greenstein speculates that the president is really trying to force Congress to attach the health-care tax-incentive proposal he unveiled in January.
The FCC's incentive auction proposal, launched in September of last year, would unleash substantial spectrum for licensed uses like 4G LTE.
For once in our biking lives, New York is really listening to us, helping our numbers grow, with new bike racks, bike shelters, biking incentives (a proposal for an indoor parking requirement for new buildings, for instance) and, of course, bike lanes.
The Mud Hens playfully offered Rodriguez an incentive-laden contract proposal yesterday that includes a bonus for hitting 75 home runs next year and leading them to 10 consecutive International League titles.
But the G.M. model, a 2004 Sierra pick-up, would be eligible for only very small incentives under his proposal, because its fuel savings are too small.
Both regions have Socialist governments that face tough re-election campaigns and therefore have little incentive to support any proposal from Mr. Zapatero that could upset their workers.
To put it simply, there was no incentive in the Gore proposal big enough for Mr. Bush to change the status quo -- and risk losing the office he believes he has won.
