Science news articles about 'gift certificates'

... $50 cash. In Study 4, 130 participants were given $1 cash or a $1 "gift ... again highlighted the difference in transparency between cash and gift certificates, people reverted to their original behavior ...

There is fresh evidence that people spend less when paying cash than using credit, cash-equivalent scrip or gift certificates. They also spend less when they have to estimate expenses in detail.

... a friend or a gift for themselves. Those who held the hot pack were more likely to ask for the gift certificate, while those who held the frozen pack tended to keep the gift. "It appears that the ...

... study: either a Snapple beverage or a $1 gift certificate to a local ice cream shop. ... choose the gift for a friend. "Experiences of physical temperature per se affect one's impressions of and pro- ...

... lived in urban, economically challenged neighborhoods throughout Chicago. Participants received a $15 gift certificate to a grocery store in exchange for their participation. Asked why they did not ...