Editing Incentive (section)

{{Short description|Something that motivates individuals to perform}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Stop Climate Change - Climate Strike Melbourne 21 May 2021 (51194849093).jpg|thumb|Protest sign displaying "Stop Climate Change" at [[Climate movement|climate strike]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. Climate movements may incentivize governments and industry to take [[collective action]] in the fight against [[climate change]].]]
In general, '''incentives''' are anything that persuade a person<ref name="auto1">{{cite journal |last1=Gneezy |first1=Uri |title=When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |date=2011 |volume=25 |issue=4 |page=191 |doi=10.1257/jep.25.4.191|doi-access=free}}</ref> or organization<ref>[https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.12.4.115 Gibbons, Robert. "Incentives in organizations." Journal of economic perspectives 12.4 (1998): 115-132.]</ref> to alter their behavior to produce the desired outcome. The laws of economists and of behavior  state that higher incentives amount to greater levels of effort and therefore higher levels of performance.<ref name="auto3">{{cite journal |last1=Gneezy |first1=Uri |last2=Meier |first2=Stephan |last3=Rey-Biel |first3=Pedro |title=When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |date=Fall 2011 |volume=25 |issue=4 |page=191 |doi=10.1257/jep.25.4.191 |doi-access=free}}</ref> For comparison, a [[disincentive]] is something that discourages from certain actions.