Mixed evidence for the hypothesis that sunk cost effects are weaker for time than money

2023/05/21 by Chris Chambers · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

paper · pdf · doi:10.24072/pci.rr.100452

openalex publication_date 2023/05/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

A recommendation of: Nikolay PETROV, Yin Kan (Megan) CHAN, Cheuk Nam (Chris) LAU, Tin Ho (Donald) KWOK, Lok Ching (Estelle) CHOW, Wai Yan (Vivian) LO, Wenkai SONG, Gilad FELDMAN Sunk cost effects for time versus money: Replication and extensions Registered Report of Soman (2001) https://osf.io/q9s6p

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