If You Enter a Football Stadium to Watch a Game

question 126

Multiple Choice

If you enter a football stadium to watch a game and suddenly it starts to rain, should your decision to stay or leave depend on what you paid for the ticket, based on sunk cost fallacy?

• A) No, because you can just watch the game on television instead.
• B) No, because the money you paid for the ticket is gone either way.
• C) Yes, because by staying you made sure you got your money's worth from the ticket.
• D) It depends on how exciting the game is that you're thinking of leaving.

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