Sunk cost effects: A test of the importance of context

Economics Letters

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-58

  Keasey, Kevin ^a   Moon, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; D81; Gains; Losses; Sunk costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416732     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00179-2     Document Type: Article

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