How Can You Give Better Gifts? (Replay)

How many bottles of wine are regifted? What’s wrong with giving cash? And should Angela give her husband a subscription to the Sausage of the Month Club?

SOURCES:Joel Waldfogel • , professor of strategic management & entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota.

RESOURCES: • “ How to Become a Truly Excellent Gift Giver • ,” by Eliza Brooke ( Vox, • 2022). • “ How to Calculate a Holiday Tip for the Doorman • ,” by Ronda Kaysen ( The New York Times, • 2022). • “ Least Favorite Gifts to Receive for Christmas in the United States in 2022, by Generation • ,” (Statista, 2022). • “ (Not) Giving the Same Old Song and Dance: Givers’ Misguided Concerns About Thoughtfulness and Boringness Keep Them From Repeating Gifts • ,” by Julian Givi ( Journal of Business Research, • 2020). • “ Does Anyone Really Buy the Giant Car Bows You See in Every Commercial? • ” by Aditi Shrikant ( Vox, • 2018). • “ It’s the Motive That Counts: Perceived Sacrifice Motives and Gratitude in Romantic Relationships • ,” by Mariko L. Visserman, Francesca Righetti, Emily A. Impett, Dacher Keltner, and Paul A. M. Van Lange ( Emotion, • 2018). • “ Why Certain Gifts Are Great to Give but Not to Get: A Framework for Understanding Errors in Gift Giving • ,” by Jeff Galak, Julian Givi, and Elanor F. Williams ( Current Directions in Psychological Science, • 2016). • “ The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds • ,” by Katy Sewall ( B.B.C. News, • 2015). • “ The Disappointing Gift: Dispositional and Situational Moderators of Emotional Expressions • ,” by Renée M. Tobin and William G. Graziano ( Journal of Experimental Child Psychology • , 2011). Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Presents for the Holidays, • by Joel Waldfogel (2009). • “ The Deadweight Loss of Christmas • ,” by Joel Waldfogel ( The American Economic Review, • 1993). United States Postal Service Employee Tipping and Gift-Receiving Policy • .

EXTRAS • : • “ Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas • ,” by Freakonomics Radio • (2012).