Re: Market motivation

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is the sugfgestion that the sexual favors of young men
are like toxic waste? Well, ladies, whaddya think? Are
we that bad? jks


--- Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Frey  has done all sorts of interesting work on the
> subject.  In some
> recent articles, he has shown how Swiss citizens
> were more willing to
> accept toxic waste dumps when the government did not
> offer to compensate
> them.
> Much of what he says is merely common sense.
> Imagine a young man out on
> the first date with an attractive woman.
> Theoretically -- at least
> according to economic -- she should be more willing
> to give him sensual
> pleasure with a monetary incentives.  I suspect that
> this theory would not
> hold up very well in practice.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 02:34:19PM -0700, Devine,
> James wrote:
> > I wrote
> > > > Bruno argues that relying on market motivation
> can
> > > > easily undermine intrinsic motivation to do so
> > > > something.)
> >
> > JKS:
> > > It's a basic rat psych 101 result that you can
> enhance
> > > a behavior by reinforcement, but if it was a
> behavior
> > > that the rat would do (some) anyway, if you take
> away
> > > the reinforcement, it won't do it at all
> anymore. jks
> >
> > that's not what BF is talking about. Here are two
> examples, and I quote is:
> >
> >         "A boy on good terms with his parents
> willingly mows the lawn of the family home. His
> father then offers to pay him money each time he
> cuts the lawn.
> >
> > "The crowding-out effect [the theory that BF is
> famous for] suggests that the boy will lose his
> intrinsic motivation to cut the lawn (he may go on
> doing so, but now he does it because he is paid),
> but he will not be prepared to do any type of
> housework for free.
> >
> >         "You have been invited to your friend's
> house for dinner, and he has prepared a wonderful
> meal. Before you leave, you take out your purse and
> give your friend an appropriate sum of money.
> >
> > "Probably nobody in their right mind would behave
> in this way, because virtually everyone knows that
> this would be the end of the friendship. By paying,
> the relationship becomes a commercial one. Yet there
> is one person who would not hesitate to pay a friend
> for dinner: classical Homo Oeconomicus would do so,
> following the price [incentive] effect -- and ends
> up without friends..." (INSPIRING ECONOMICS: Human
> Motivation in Political Economy, p. 54)
> >
> > The second example is a bit like the ending of
> Dostoyevsky's NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND. (I hope I
> haven't spoiled the surprise for anyone!)
> >
> > The case of the national park volunteers who would
> refuse to do free work for corporations is a classic
> case. Whereas they used to do it for free for the
> National Park Service (intrinsic motivation), they
> require pay (extrinsic motivation) if a private
> corporation is in charge.
> >
> > Michael Perelman has cited the case of bloodbanks,
> which Titmuss (sp?) shows work better with
> volunteers' blood than with market-type
> (price-signal) motivation.
> >
> > Frey doesn't think that intrinsic motivation is
> the whole story. He thinks it applies only in some
> social contexts.
> >
> > ------------------------
> > Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &
> http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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