death was everywhere for these guys... 80% plus died. BUT during the medal window and during the intro of new medals, death rates did not go up.

didn't have much of an effect. In other environments, we find that trying harder raised death rates... but the medal hunt comes with no obvious death penalty.

small morsel that shows that status concerns were a key driver: not everyone played the game. Pilots who already possessed alternative sources of high status—aristocrats, senior officers, or those with pre-war distinctions—were significantly less responsive to medal incentives...

pilots. Over time, as the war dragged on, the awards diffused to lower-ranked (though still elite) pilots. This created a need for new 'carrots'. Incentives mattered because the business was inherently risky; more than 80% of pilots in our sample died.

We argue this follows the logic of fashion cycles (Pesendorfer 1995). Status goods are signals. Their value depends on the exclusivity of the group that possesses them. Our data show a clear "cheapening" effect: the earliest recipients of the Knight’s Cross were the most skilled

engineered a "rat race" that extracted significant additional effort from its best pilots. When pilots got close to the informal quota, their effort spiked; once they had the award, it slumped. New medals spelled more renewed efforts.

the High Command introduced successively more exclusive variants: first adding "Oak Leaves," then "Swords," then "Diamonds," and finally "Golden Oak Leaves." The data demonstrate that the Luftwaffe successfully

The Luftwaffe ran a sophisticated system of awards. To qualify for higher ones, u had to have the first medal. As the war progressed and the initial medal became too common" among elites,

Of course, they served an evil regime. Can we learn from what motivated them regardless? In "Never Enough: Dynamic Status Incentives in Organizations" we examine data from more than 5,000 fighter pilots. t.co/pA5ll2BOMG

But can go the other way as with higher albedo from vapor trails.

Sure but that is rounding error stuff

Well. If electric its covered. If diesel its not. We can sign the likeky effect.

Fresco fresco no es…

reminds me of the immortal essay by Stanley Fish "The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos"...

they say "we win"

declares that their 800+km train ride did something good for the environment? Is is ignorance, or a latent desire to suffer for the sins of having what you want? Color me confused....

diesel trains are exempt from ETS 1 like all other transport like cars + trucks). Economists! I understand that some people don't get it. Cap+trade is not complicated, but maybe a bit more abstract... but why do I now regularly get to conferences where some slightly wrinkled colleague proudly