Why choose wisely if you have already paid? Sunk costs elicit stochastic dominance violations

Sunk costs have been known to elicit violations of expected utility theory, in particular, the independence or cancellation axiom. Separately, violations of the stochastic dominance principle have been demonstrated in various settings despite the fact that descriptive models of choice favored in eco...

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Main Authors: Ryan K. Jessup, Lily B. Assaad, Katherine Wick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2018-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/16/161220/jdm161220.pdf