在經濟學與管理學上,有個有趣的名詞叫做:沉默成本謬誤(sunk cost fallacy)。《劍橋商務英語詞典》的解釋是這樣的:
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.