The holidays are supposed to be a time for giving and, as we’ve seen in a number of instances, sometimes people with disposable income really go above and beyond to spread joy. A new study from researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia reveals that wealthy people are indeed generous, but only if they feel like they’re in charge.
The team reached this conclusion after sending out charity donation requests to 12,000 Ivy League alumni who bring in a bare minimum of $100,000 annually. The researchers only reached out to individuals whose income figures are publicly available because of their positions with public companies, and they found that the language used in their requests was directly linked to the amount of money each alumnus was willing to donate.
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