How far is the suffering? The role of psychological distance and victims’ identifiability in donation decisions

We are regularly told about people at various locations around the globe, both near and far, who are in distress or in dire need. In the present research, we examined how the prospective donor’s psychological distance from a given victim may interact with the victim’s identification to determine the...

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Main Authors: Tehila Kogut, Ilana Ritov, Enrico Rubaltelli, Nira Liberman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2018-09-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/18/18717a/jdm18717a.pdf