# Professor Julia Hur offers her perspective on how employee requests for reimbursements may indicate a desire for higher compensation

1 Faculty News June 23, 2019 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliesachmechi/2019/06/23/cfos-reveal-ridiculous-reimbursement-requests/#5d8f3f5f3f85) -- "Julia Hur, an assistant professor at New York University, blames performance incentives. 'Crazy reimbursement is a kind of expression of strong desire for more money,' she said, adding that performance incentives make people think about money and as a result, they become obsessed with getting reimbursed."

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