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Escalation and De-escalation of Commitment in Response to Sunk Costs: The Role of Budgeting in Mental Accounting

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

    Volume (Year): 62 (1995)
    Issue (Month): 1 (April)
    Pages: 38-54

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:jobhdp:v:62:y:1995:i:1:p:38-54

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