Injecting Incentives into the Solution of Social Problems: Social Policy Bonds

Horesh, Ronnie

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Injecting Incentives into the Solution of Social Problems: Social Policy Bonds

Ronnie Horesh

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Economic Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 3, September 2000

Abstract:
There seems little chance of achieving many social objectives, given that the ways in which they are being pursued fail to harness self-interest. A way forward is to create a new financial instrument-Social Policy Bonds-which would be auctioned by government. The bonds would be tradable and would be redeemed only when a specified social objective had been achieved.

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Date posted: May 2, 2001

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Horesh, Ronnie, Injecting Incentives into the Solution of Social Problems: Social Policy Bonds. Economic Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 3, September 2000. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=241417

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Ronnie Horesh (Contact Author)

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