Perverse incentive: Difference between revisions

* As an incentive to preserve historical homes, government started program to designate old homes as historical properties, which prevents further sales or alteration of the property. However, in many cases, the offered compensation was significantly less than fair market price of the property and/or land. In the months after, incidence of fire increased in the districts that rolled out this program, resulting in more destruction of historical homes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newcomb |first=Amelia A. |date=May 21, 1982 |title=Historic buildings prove special target for arson |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0521/052135.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |issn=0882-7729}}</ref>

* The FASTER Act of 2021 in the U.S. was intended to aid those with an allergy to sesame in avoiding the substance by ensuring foods which contain it are labelled, however the stringent requirements around preventing cross-contamination made it simpler and less expensive for many companies to instead add sesame to their products and label it as an ingredient, decreasing the number of sesame-free products available and creating the risk of an allergic reaction occurring from previously safe foods.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aleccia |first=Jonel |date=December 21, 2022 |title=New label law has unintended effect: Sesame in more foods |url=https://apnews.com/article/sesame-allergies-label-b28f8eb3dc846f2a19d87b03440848f1 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

 

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