<span>The correct answer is that it depends on the specifics of the incentive plan. A general incentive plan that is not linked directly to productivity will typically become old news to staff within a few years. What was once an incentive will become familiar and may be viewed as an entitlement as staff start looking for the eternal "what's next?".
An incentive directly linked to some kind of productivity (e.g. hours worked) will have a far longer shelf life (though this will, of course, vary by employee). In this scenario the ongoing incentive remains year over year (e.g. the hours of overtime worked in the previous year will have no bearing on the current year so if you want a similar result you will need to maintain your effort whereas if you want a better result you will have to increase your effort).
All incentive plans, however, are subject to the rules of diminishing marginal utility to the employees and will diminish over time as the employee either becomes comfortable at a certain productivity level or becomes disenchanted by other factors.
In summation: an incentive plan, if designed properly, can work for a relatively long period of years though results may vary by employee as everyone is motivated by different things (though providing an alternative incentive to money may somewhat mitigate this additional potential problem).</span>
<span>This is an example of a cost of international trade. This can make it so that some domestic businesses lose their market share to foreign companies. This can create less profits for the company and made it so that it is difficult to create jobs.</span>
<u>Answer:</u>
Difference between money paid to and money received from other nations in trade is called balance of trade is a <u>TRUE</u> statement.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The difference between the export and the import done by the country is usually termed as the balance of trade. Even though the sum of payments and receipts is necessarily equal, in different types of transactions there will be disparities — excesses of transactions and receipts, named deficits and surpluses.
Trade balance does not include any goods (not even product import and export). For example, China, a nation where many of the globe's consumer goods are manufactured and exported, has registered a trade surplus since 1995. Because of its dependence on oil imports and consumer goods, the United States has shown a trade deficit since 1976.
Answer:
b. private producers of such goods will have little incentive to control costs and provide them at low prices
Explanation:
Externality is a situation where the production activities of market participants (either producers or consumers) have an effect on third parties not involved in production.
Externality is a form of market inefficiency.
Negative externality is when goods are produced privately, but the cost of their purchase is paid for by the taxpayer or some other third party.
When negative externality occurs, producers have little incentive to reduce cost because they don't bear the total brunt of their activities. This is why activities that generate negative externality are over produced.
Government needs to step in to control this problem. They can either impose tax on producers or regulate their activities.
Pollution is an example of negative externality.
I hope my answer helps you
