News tagged with gift economy

United states ranks 20th in holiday spending

Americans typically spend $70 billion more in December than in the average of November and January (the months around December). In a recent National Science Foundation-sponsored interview, Joel Waldfogel, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

Dec 23, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3

The dark side of gifts: Feeling indebted may drive people to the marketplace

You need to move out of your apartment. Do you call in your friends and family to haul boxes and furniture or contact a moving company? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that sometimes the emotions connec ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jun 15, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 1