The misery-is-not-miserly effect revisited: Replication despite opportunities for compensatory consumption.

Sadness increases how much decision makers pay to acquire goods, even when decision makers are unaware of it. This effect is coined the "misery-is-not-miserly effect". The paper that first established this effect is the second most-cited article appearing in Psychological Science in 2004....

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Main Authors: Nitika Garg, Lisa A Williams, Jennifer S Lerner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6021081?pdf=render