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Social discounting: Choice between rewards for other people

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  • Osiński, Jerzy
  • Karbowski, Adam
  • Ostaszewski, Paweł

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The purpose of the present study was to test the prediction that when two rewards, a smaller but “socially closer” one and a larger but “socially more distant” one, are moved away from the subject by the same social distance, subjective value of the socially more distant reward will increase (i.e. the rate of social discounting will be shallower). The effect was absent when the recipients were moved back 10 places, but emerged when they were moved back 20 places. In addition, the hyperbolic model was found to correctly describe choices between two socially distant rewards. The results confirm similarities between social and temporal discounting.

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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:157277
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    1. 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.
    2. Karbowski, Adam, 2016. "Discussion on the Social Rate of Discount: from Sen to Behavioural Economics," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 9(2), pages 46-60.

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    Keywords

    altruism; social discounting;

    JEL classification:

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

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