Sunk costs, rationality, and acting for the sake of the past

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Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-85

  Kelly, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 60949480465     PISSN: 00294624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2004.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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