理性化科学中的风险厌恶:为什么努力工作的激励与冒险的激励相冲突
Kevin Gross1, Carl T Bergstrom2
1Dept. of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
PLoS biology
|August 15, 2024
概括
科学激励措施往往会阻止高风险,高回报的研究. 目前的系统奖励了风险创新的努力,减缓了科学进步,使研究人员处于不理想的境地.
科学领域:
- 科学经济学的经济学
- 科学创新政策 科学创新政策
背景情况:
- 科学进步依赖于承担风险,但资金往往有利于谨慎.
- 资助机构很难吸引高风险,高回报的研究建议.
研究的目的:
- 探索为什么激励措施不能促进有风险的科学研究.
- 在科学中,分析鼓励努力和冒险之间的冲突.
主要方法:
- 经济合同模式的调整.
- 在科学奖励结构中分析隐藏的行动问题.
主要成果:
- 不能观察到的风险和努力阻碍了高风险的研究.
- 努力的激励与冒险的激励相冲突.
- 科学家们倾向于安全项目,阻碍了快速的科学进步.
结论:
- 科学当前的自我管理奖励系统不足以激励最佳的风险承担.
- 优先考虑生产率而不是研究人员福祉的政策可能会引发风险,但会增加生计不安全.
- 调整激励措施对于加速科学发现至关重要.
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