This idea is related to a study I saw some years ago. If you give a small sum to someone and tell them to spend it on themselves that person later will self rep

This idea is related to a study I saw some years ago. If you give a small sum to someone and tell them to spend it on themselves that person later will self report some mildly positive results. If you give a small sum to someone and tell them to spend it on someone else, they tend to self report higher positive results. I can’t speak to the quality of the paper (not even sure how easy it would be to find), but I often think about repeating the experiment, or at least trying to provide some extra data points. edit: I think this is the paper I was thinking of https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5494996_Spending_Money_on_Others_Promotes_Happiness https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5494996_Spending_Mo...