| 词汇 | sunk-cost-fallacy |
| 释义 | sunk cost fallacy noun[ S ] ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENTukus the idea that a company or organization is more likely to continue with a project if they have already invested a lot of money, time, or effort in it, even when continuing is not the best thing to do: Economists would point out that the sunk cost fallacy is irrational, and could be described as "throwing good money after bad". See also Concorde fallacy Examples of sunk cost fallacysunk cost fallacy Economic experiments have shown that the sunkcostfallacy and loss aversion are common; hence economic rationalityas assumed by much of economicsis limited. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is sometimes referred to as the "sunkcostfallacy". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It may also be used as shorthand for an error in analysis due to the sunkcostfallacy, irrational decision-making or, most simply, as irrelevant data. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sunk cost dilemma with its sequence of good decisions should not be confused with the sunkcostfallacy, where a misconception of sunk costs can lead to bad decisions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has also been found to correlate with measures of mental heuristics, such as the gambler's fallacy, understanding of regression to the mean, the sunkcostfallacy, and others. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The "sunkcostfallacy" is thought to be the product of a "waste not" or "persevere" rule. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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