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When inflicting pain on others pays off T - EurekAlert


In a groundbreaking paper published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, a UC Riverside marketing professor Thomas Kramer articulates the appeal of inflicting mild misfortune on others, such as tossing pies into faces, for the purpose of charitable fundraising. The paper provides insights on how to best use this strategy to maximize charitable donations. 

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