St. Louis invested millions of dollars for a new trolley system. The line ended up covering a very short distance and required more funds before the trolley could start running. What does this situation exemplify?

A. optimistic bias
B. planning fallacy
C. upward counterfactual thinking
D. magical thinking


Answer: B

Psychology

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