Three Attempts to Replicate the Behavioral Sunk‐Cost Effect: A Note on Cunha and Caldieraro (2009)
A. Ross Otto · 2010 · Cognitive Science
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Abstract Cunha and Caldieraro (2009) investigated whether sunk‐cost effects, which are well documented in hypothetical situations involving monetary investments, also occur in choice situations with purely behavioral investments. Their…
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Metadata source: Crossref · DOI 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01136.x