Monthly Archives: July 2015

PBC Penalty Shoot-Out!

Posted on Sat 25 Jul 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

In recent months I have been involved in a number of Performance Based Contracting (PBC) discussions between buyers and sellers. One consistent point of heated discussion is around the application of a reduction in seller payment as part of the … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Stick (Part 1)

Posted on Fri 17 Jul 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

I am currently reading Richard Thaler’s new book, “Misbehaving – The making of Behavioural Economics” which has again brought up an interesting and long running debate on the application of positive incentives (gains or “carrots”) or negative incentives (losses or … Continue reading →

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