Sentence examples for strange incentive from inspiring English sources

Then Schwartz and her colleagues offered half of the subjects — their experimental group — a seemingly strange incentive.

Then Schwartz and her colleagues offered half of the subjects their experimental group—a seemingly strange incentive.

To add a bit of intrigue to the competition, Seid has devised a strange incentive to befuddle the competitors — first prize is $75, second prize gets $100, and third prize walks away with $150.

In a recent e-mail interview, Mr. Mann discussed the team's fan base, the strange incentives of minor league existence and more.

The program does appear to create strange incentives within publicly traded corporations, where those who investigate internal wrongdoing must decide whether their loyalty lies with the firm or the S.E.C. — and the prospect of a cash payment.

"Boy, oh boy, what strange incentives," he says.

Strange Incentives: Several years ago iUniverse started offering "Editor's Choice," which essentially meant that your book was worthy of some of their special treatment: a Star designation, access to their premier cover artists as well as a personal publicist.

Movie seats are in a class of businesses — like airlines and hotels — that produce strange pricing incentives.

Although that's not far off the industry norm, it's unusual for a model that dealers once couldn't keep on the lot It's also strange to see incentives for the model, with discounts averaging $2,600, TrueCar says.

The intersection of the two creates some pretty strange and unfortunate incentives.

Banking policy tends to be crafted with the public sector banks in mind, creating a strange mix of incentives for other types of providers.