Sentences with phrase «term economic incentives»

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(6) Regardless of the terms of any agreement evidencing an Incentive Award, the Committee shall have the right to substitute stock appreciation rights for outstanding Options granted to any Participant, provided the substituted stock appreciation rights call for settlement by the issuance of shares of Common Stock, and the terms of the substituted stock appreciation rights and economic benefit of such substituted stock appreciation rights are at least equivalent to the terms and economic benefit of the Options being replaced.

He utilizes many different incentive arrangements, with their terms dependent on such elements as the economic potential or capital intensity of the business.

At present, investors have no reasonable incentive at all to «lock in» the prospective returns implied by current prices of stocks or long - term bonds (though we suspect that 10 - year Treasuries may benefit over a short horizon due to continued economic risks and still - unresolved debt concerns in Europe, which has already entered an economic downturn).

«Every economic expert knows that a retirement incentive program, despite some short - term savings, can wreak havoc on long - term fiscal health, as was reiterated by the recent Boston College study on pension liabilities, and that's why House Democrats have opposed retirement incentive plans as part of this deficit mitigation proposal,» Sharkey and Aresimowicz said in a statement.

New York and other states that offer generous tax breaks to the multi-billion-dollar film industry are squandering resources on incentives that fail to spark long - term economic growth, a California - based study concludes.

These groups fail to see that when we have structures that skew incentives against productivity, transparency, long term economic and social planning, excellence and logic, as we have in Nigeria today, then creating the right incentives will entail redesigning our governance structures and reprogramming ourselves.

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

Some residents of the region believe that tourism provides an economic incentive to keep the forest, but this seems to be less profitable (at least in the short term) than logging.

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

Unless incentives change considerably, the shor - and medium - term futures will be based on more, not less, fossil fuel usage, not just here but everywhere that is struggling to create more economic growth.

Meanwhile, state subsidies are also under consideration in Connecticut, where Dominion, the owner of the Millstone 2 plant, though profitable, has argued it will need incentives to help the state meet long - term economic and environmental goals.

Putting more emphasis in development of new technologies, on better understanding of the working of economic incentives and on more detailed knowledge on the actual threats as well as naturally occurring adaptive processes is likely to lead to both better results in the relevant long term and to lower costs of all types (not only direct economic costs).

There is also an economic incentive for employers to maintain a safe and healthy work environment, in terms of increased productivity and morale, as well as decreased absenteeism, sick leave and turnover, all of which can be costly.

The «intellectual properties of learning,» as I term them, often have, if inconsistently, a distinct economic and legal status to them, whether in copyright or patent law, tax - exemption or incentive.

The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) has constructed a model to provide incentives for investment in Indigenous land, that they term the «Indigenous estate».

There was a time when the term «economic development,» as used by most public officials and business leaders, referred to the practice of luring firms and jobs to a jurisdiction by selling companies on the benefits of that community — such as favorable tax rates — and providing monetary incentives to locate there.