Imagine That, After Having Repaired Your Old Car Three Times

question 6

Multiple Choice

imagine that, after having repaired your old car three times in the last few months for similar faults, you now face the choice of spending money yet again for a further repair or buy a new vehicle. What behavioural bias will likely push you toward a further repair as you will have the feeling otherwise that all previous efforts were in vain?

• A) Sunk-cost fallacy.
• B) Dunning-Kruger effect
• C) Anchoring.
• D) Endowment effect.

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