misery is not miserly

February 8, 2008

On average, the group watching the sad video offered to pay nearly four times as much for a sporty-looking, insulated water bottle than the group watching the nature video, according to the study by researchers from Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Pittsburgh universities.

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posted by Deron Bauman in economics, psychology | * | 2 comments

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Cindy Scroggins on February 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

What if nature makes you sad?
Deron Bauman on February 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

be prepared to pay out the ass. figuratively.

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