Sunk cost effect

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This article gives a basic definition in behavioral economics.
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Definition

The sunk cost effect refers to the phenomenon whereby people are willing to incur additional losses in order to preserve the value or utility of things they have already spent money on, so that they do not feel that the money they originally spent was a waste. It arises from people's inability to reconize a sunk cost.

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