Vince buys tickets to a concert that his girlfriend, Jennifer, wants to see. The concert is in three months, but two weeks before the show, the couple split up. Vince decides to go to the concert anyway even though he doesn't really like the band. "I paid the money, so I might as well go," he says. Vince's decision demonstrates the ____ principle
a. base rate
b. endowment
c. escalation
d. sunk cost
d
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