Sunk cost effect and the allocation of resources;Der Einfluss versunkener monetärer und zeitlicher Kosten auf Ressourcenallokationen: Eine Studie zum Sunk-Cost-Effekt mit Experten

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^b   Popien, Grit ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrapment; Escalation of commitment; Experts; Investment decisions; Sunk cost effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 15244345622     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.49.1.35     Document Type: Article

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