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Social discounting.

Bryan Jones1, Howard Rachlin

  • 1Stony Brook University, NY 11794-2500, USA.

Psychological Science
|April 21, 2006
PubMed
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People are less willing to sacrifice money for others as social distance increases. This willingness to forgo funds follows a hyperbolic pattern, similar to how people discount time and probability.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Economics
  • Social Psychology
  • Decision Science

Background:

  • Understanding altruistic behavior and economic decision-making is crucial.
  • Previous research indicates hyperbolic discounting for time and probability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between social distance and willingness to incur costs for altruism.
  • To determine the functional form of this relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Participants decided how much money they would forgo to give $75 to another person.
  • Social distance between participants and recipients was manipulated.

Main Results:

  • Willingness to forgo money decreased hyperbolically with increasing perceived social distance.

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  • The observed pattern aligns with hyperbolic discounting models.

    • Conclusions:

    • Social distance significantly influences altruistic financial decisions.
    • Hyperbolic functions effectively model the impact of social distance on cost-benefit analyses in giving.