Entry Criteria
- Pilot-ready policy specification from Layer 2
- Cost assumptions and payer model
- Behavioral assumptions and abuse-risk hypotheses
Layer 3 — Finance and Incentive Engine
Can the policy be financed honestly and can incentives remain stable under stress?
Gate Profile
Institution: Liability Office + Incentive Lab
Mandate: Scores proposals for cost realism, funding source integrity, and behavior-shaping incentives at 1, 5, and 20 years.
In plain terms: If nobody can show who pays and what behavior changes, the proposal stalls here.
Why this gate exists: It operationalizes fiscal honesty and blocks unfunded promises.
Exit Criteria
- Validated 1/5/20-year liability profile
- Incentive stress-test result and mitigation triggers
- Funding and risk memo cleared for pilot authorization
Primary Outputs
- Fiscal sustainability score
- Incentive integrity score
- Automatic stabilizer and trigger recommendations
Failure Triggers and Escalation
- Unfunded liabilities above risk threshold
- Unmitigated moral-hazard or capture incentives
- Opaque payer structure
Escalation rule: If fiscal or incentive checks fail, proposal returns to design with mandatory funding and behavior revisions.
Bodies Operating in This Gate
Liability Office
Members: Liability Auditors
Lead title: Liability Comptroller
Purpose: Validates funding sources and fiscal liabilities across multiple time horizons.
Incentive Lab
Members: Incentive Modelers
Lead title: Incentive Director
Purpose: Stress-tests behavioral incentives, abuse vectors, and welfare-cliff risks.
For full selection mechanics, see Bodies and Titles.
Constitutional Rationale
Implements fiscal honesty and anti-capture through mandatory transparent financing and incentive checks.
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