Word: effect
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...swank office furniture. In the second story, the participants are asked to imagine losing a ticket to a concert but then finding it and heading out to the show. The first story is designed to prime readers with an intensified desire for prestige; the second story has no such effect...
...discretion of University leaders, and current use gifts can be spent immediately—unlike most endowment funds, which are designated for a specific purpose and have limits on yearly spending.Even more than other donations, such gifts represent a vote of confidence in the administration, since donors are in effect relinquishing the control they normally exercise over their contributions to the University. “[Donors] want their money to go to things that they really care about,” Mark Hissey ’84 explains, adding that donors do not necessarily question the responsibility of University leaders?...
...world of ubiquitous performance enhancement, effort still matters, but everyone’s contribution gets them just a little bit further. This springboard effect has the potential to generate rewards for all members of society, because many desirable human attributes—like intelligence—are not merely positional advantages, but also confer absolute benefits, like new cures for diseases or great works...
...month earlier, a new Massachusetts state law imposed a ban on gifts and a public disclosure mandate for pharmaceutical company funding in excess of $50, which will go into effect July...
...explanations. For example, it could be that individuals are mainly concerned with their relative wealth in comparison to others. If incomes grow consistently across the socioeconomic distribution, then we would not expect to see happiness grow much at all, save for those in the lowest earning bracket. Reinforcing the effect, as individuals gain wealth they often change social groups—and begin interacting with other higher earning individuals. Thus, as we gain wealth, the people we choose to compare ourselves against may also become wealthier, leading to little change in relative position...