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The sunk cost and concorde effects: Are humans less rational than lower animals?

April 4, 2023
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Arkes, Hal R.; Ayton, Peter

The authors contend that there are no unambiguous instances of the sunk cost (aka concorde) fallacy in lower animals. They also find that young children, when placed in an equivalent economic situation, exhibit more normatively correct behaviour than do adults.

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