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Delaying rewards has greater effect on altruism when the beneficiary is socially distant

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  • Jerzy Osiński
  • Adam Karbowski

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Based on the assumption that social distance and time are dimensions of psychological distance important for altruistic choices it was predicted that enhancement of altruism due to delaying rewards when choosing between a reward for oneself and for another person would be more pronounced the greater the social distance between the subject and another person. In order to test this hypothesis, social discounting using hypothetical monetary rewards and manipulation of social distance and reward delay was measured in a group of 161 college students. The results indicate that delaying rewards increasingly enhances preference for altruistic choices as the social distance between subject and beneficiary grows.

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  • Jerzy Osiński & Adam Karbowski, 2017. "Delaying rewards has greater effect on altruism when the beneficiary is socially distant," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-8, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0170387
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170387
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    1. Osiński, Jerzy & Karbowski, Adam & Ostaszewski, Paweł, 2015. "Social discounting: Choice between rewards for other people," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 115(June 2015), pages 61-63.
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    1. Yayan Hernuryadin & Koji Kotani & Yoshio Kamijo, 2019. "Time Preferences between Individuals and Groups in the Transition from Hunter-Gatherer to Industrial Societies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-21, January.
    2. Osiński, Jerzy & Karbowski, Adam & Rusek, Jan, 2017. "The relationship between self-control and altruism in the light of discounting literature," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 48(4), pages 433-439.

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    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles

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