Thinking of norms—or being told what they are: The effect of social information on donation decisions

Hagit Sabato

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321547

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Thinking of norms—or being told what they are: The effect of social information on donation decisions

Hagit Sabato

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Hagit.Sabato@mail.huji.ac.il

Affiliation The Seymour Fox School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Israel

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-3520

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Thinking of norms—or being told what they are: The effect of social information on donation decisions

Hagit Sabato

Published: April 25, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321547

About the Authors

Hagit Sabato

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Hagit.Sabato@mail.huji.ac.il

Affiliation The Seymour Fox School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Israel

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-3520

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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