Sunk cost (English Wikipedia)

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Lipsey, Richard G.; Harbury, Colin (1992). First Principles of Economics. Oxford University Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-297-82120-5.
Gupta, K. P. (2009). Cost Management: Measuring, Monitoring & Motivating Performance. Global India Publications. ISBN 978-93-80228-02-0.
Sherman, Roger (2008). Market Regulation. Pearson / Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-32232-6.

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dictionary.cambridge.org

"sunk cost fallacy". Cambridge English Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

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Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1986). "Rational choice and the framing of decisions". The Journal of Business. 59 (4): S251 – S278. doi:10.1086/296365. ISSN 0021-9398. JSTOR 2352759.
Cubitt, Robin; Ruiz-Martos, Maria; Starmer, Chris (2012). "Are bygones bygones?". Theory and Decision. 73 (2): S185 – S202. doi:10.1007/s11238-010-9233-4. S2CID 5051889.
Parayre, Roch (1995). "The strategic implications of sunk costs: A behavioral perspective". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 28 (3): 417–442. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(95)00045-3. ISSN 0167-2681.
Arkes, Hal R.; Ayton, Peter (1999). "The sunk cost and Concorde effects: Are humans less rational than lower animals?". Psychological Bulletin. 125 (5): 591–600. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.5.591. ISSN 1939-1455. S2CID 10296273.
Arkes, Hal R; Blumer, Catherine (1985). "The psychology of sunk cost". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 35 (1): 124–140. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(85)90049-4. ISSN 0749-5978.
McAfee, Preston; Mialon, Hugo; Mialon, Sue (2010). "Do Sunk Costs Matter?". Economic Inquiry. 48 (2): 323–336. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00184.x. S2CID 154805248.
Rego, Sara; Arantes, Joana; Magalhães, Paula (2016-11-29). "Is there a Sunk Cost Effect in Committed Relationships?". Current Psychology. 37 (3): 508–519. doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9529-9. ISSN 1046-1310. S2CID 152208754.
De Bondt, Werner F. M.; Makhija, Anil K. (1988-09-01). "Throwing good money after bad?: Nuclear power plant investment decisions and the relevance of sunk costs". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 10 (2): 173–199. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(88)90044-3. ISSN 0167-2681.
Roth, Stefan; Robbert, Thomas; Straus, Lennart (2014). "On the sunk-cost effect in economic decision-making: a meta-analytic review". Business Research (Göttingen). 8 (1): 99–138. doi:10.1007/s40685-014-0014-8. hdl:10419/156273. S2CID 154851729.
Weatherhead, P.J. (1979). "Do Savannah Sparrows Commit the Concorde Fallacy?". Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 5 (4). Springer Berlin: 373–381. Bibcode:1979BEcoS...5..373W. doi:10.1007/BF00292525. S2CID 6144898.
Dijkstra, Koen A.; Hong, Ying-yi (2019-01-08). "The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209900. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409900D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209900. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Winter, Scott R.; Rice, Stephen; Capps, John; Trombley, Justin; Milner, Mattie N.; Anania, Emily C.; Walters, Nathan W.; Baugh, Bradley S. (2020-03-01). "An analysis of a pilot's adherence to their personal weather minimums". Safety Science. 123 104576. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104576. ISSN 0925-7535. S2CID 212959377.
Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1981). "The Framing of decisions and the psychology of choice". Science. 211 (4481): 453–58. Bibcode:1981Sci...211..453T. doi:10.1126/science.7455683. PMID 7455683. S2CID 5643902.
Levin, Irwin P.; Schneider, Sandra L.; Gaeth, Gary J. (2 November 1998). "All Frames Are Not Created Equal: A Typology and Critical Analysis of Framing Effects". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 76 (2): 149–188. doi:10.1006/obhd.1998.2804. PMID 9831520.
Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Munkhammar, Sara (17 May 2012). "Social framing effects: Preferences or beliefs?". Games and Economic Behavior. 76: 117–130. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2012.05.007.
Knox, RE; Inkster, JA (1968). "Postdecision dissonance at post time". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 8 (4): 319–323. doi:10.1037/h0025528. PMID 5645589.
Arkes, Hal; Blumer, Catherine (1985). "The Psychology of Sunk Cost". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 35: 124–140. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(85)90049-4.
Arkes, Hal; Hutzel, Laura (2000). "The Role of Probability of Success Estimates in the Sunk Cost Effect". Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 13 (3): 295–306. doi:10.1002/1099-0771(200007/09)13:3<295::AID-BDM353>3.0.CO;2-6.
Staw, Barry M.; Fox, Frederick V. (1977). "Escalation: The Determinants of Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action". Human Relations. 30 (5): 431–450. doi:10.1177/001872677703000503. S2CID 146542771. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
Staw, Barry M. (1976). "Knee-deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action" (PDF). Organizational Behavior and Human Performance. 16 (1): 27–44. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2. ISSN 0030-5073. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
Whyte, Glen (1986). "Escalating Commitment to a Course of Action: A Reinterpretation". The Academy of Management Review. 11 (2): 311–321. doi:10.2307/258462. ISSN 0363-7425. JSTOR 258462.
Sweis, Brian (2018). "Sensitivity to "sunk costs" in mice, rats, and humans". Science. 361 (6398): 178–181. Bibcode:2018Sci...361..178S. doi:10.1126/science.aar8644. PMC 6377599. PMID 30002252.
Eshel, Neir (2024). "Striatal dopamine integrates cost, benefit, and motivation". Neuron. 112 (3): 500–514. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 38016471.
Nwakama, Chinonso (2025). "Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes". Communications Biology. 8 (102): 102. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 39838110.
Redish, A. David (2022). "Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs". Communications Biology. 5 (1337) 1337. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04235-6. PMC 9726928. PMID 36474069.
Kazinka, Rebecca (2021). "Sensitivity to Sunk Costs Depends on Attention to the Delay". Frontiers in Psychology. 12 604843. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.604843. PMC 7937795. PMID 33692720.

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Rego, Sara; Arantes, Joana; Magalhães, Paula (2016-11-29). "Is there a Sunk Cost Effect in Committed Relationships?". Current Psychology. 37 (3): 508–519. doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9529-9. ISSN 1046-1310. S2CID 152208754.

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Arkes, Hal (2000). "Think Like a Dog". Psychology Today. 33 (1): 10. ISSN 0033-3107. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

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De Bondt, Werner F. M.; Makhija, Anil K. (1988-09-01). "Throwing good money after bad?: Nuclear power plant investment decisions and the relevance of sunk costs". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 10 (2): 173–199. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(88)90044-3. ISSN 0167-2681.

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"FAA Safety Briefing – July August 2018" (PDF). FAA.

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Khatwa, Ratan; Helmreich, Robert (November 1998 – February 1999), "Analysis of Critical Factors During Approach and Landing in Accidents and Normal Flight" (PDF), Flight Safety Digest, pp. 1–77
Bermin, Benjamin A.; Dismukes, R. Key (December 2006), "Pressing the Approach" (PDF), Aviation Safety World, pp. 28–33

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Harford, Tim (18 January 2019), "Brexit lessons from the wreck of the Torrey Canyon", Financial Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-10

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Roth, Stefan; Robbert, Thomas; Straus, Lennart (2014). "On the sunk-cost effect in economic decision-making: a meta-analytic review". Business Research (Göttingen). 8 (1): 99–138. doi:10.1007/s40685-014-0014-8. hdl:10419/156273. S2CID 154851729.

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Weatherhead, P.J. (1979). "Do Savannah Sparrows Commit the Concorde Fallacy?". Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 5 (4). Springer Berlin: 373–381. Bibcode:1979BEcoS...5..373W. doi:10.1007/BF00292525. S2CID 6144898.
Dijkstra, Koen A.; Hong, Ying-yi (2019-01-08). "The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209900. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409900D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209900. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1981). "The Framing of decisions and the psychology of choice". Science. 211 (4481): 453–58. Bibcode:1981Sci...211..453T. doi:10.1126/science.7455683. PMID 7455683. S2CID 5643902.
Sweis, Brian (2018). "Sensitivity to "sunk costs" in mice, rats, and humans". Science. 361 (6398): 178–181. Bibcode:2018Sci...361..178S. doi:10.1126/science.aar8644. PMC 6377599. PMID 30002252.

hbr.org (Global: 2,754^th place; English: 1,686^th place)

Staw, Barry M.; Ross, Jerry (1987). "Knowing When to Pull the Plug". Harvard Business Review. No. March 1987. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2019-08-09.

investopedia.com (Global: 1,135^th place; English: 859^th place)

Chen, James. "Sunk Cost Dilemma". Investopedia.

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Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1986). "Rational choice and the framing of decisions". The Journal of Business. 59 (4): S251 – S278. doi:10.1086/296365. ISSN 0021-9398. JSTOR 2352759.
Whyte, Glen (1986). "Escalating Commitment to a Course of Action: A Reinterpretation". The Academy of Management Review. 11 (2): 311–321. doi:10.2307/258462. ISSN 0363-7425. JSTOR 258462.

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Dijkstra, Koen A.; Hong, Ying-yi (2019-01-08). "The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209900. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409900D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209900. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1981). "The Framing of decisions and the psychology of choice". Science. 211 (4481): 453–58. Bibcode:1981Sci...211..453T. doi:10.1126/science.7455683. PMID 7455683. S2CID 5643902.
Levin, Irwin P.; Schneider, Sandra L.; Gaeth, Gary J. (2 November 1998). "All Frames Are Not Created Equal: A Typology and Critical Analysis of Framing Effects". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 76 (2): 149–188. doi:10.1006/obhd.1998.2804. PMID 9831520.
Knox, RE; Inkster, JA (1968). "Postdecision dissonance at post time". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 8 (4): 319–323. doi:10.1037/h0025528. PMID 5645589.
Sweis, Brian (2018). "Sensitivity to "sunk costs" in mice, rats, and humans". Science. 361 (6398): 178–181. Bibcode:2018Sci...361..178S. doi:10.1126/science.aar8644. PMC 6377599. PMID 30002252.
Eshel, Neir (2024). "Striatal dopamine integrates cost, benefit, and motivation". Neuron. 112 (3): 500–514. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 38016471.
Nwakama, Chinonso (2025). "Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes". Communications Biology. 8 (102): 102. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 39838110.
Redish, A. David (2022). "Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs". Communications Biology. 5 (1337) 1337. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04235-6. PMC 9726928. PMID 36474069.
Kazinka, Rebecca (2021). "Sensitivity to Sunk Costs Depends on Attention to the Delay". Frontiers in Psychology. 12 604843. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.604843. PMC 7937795. PMID 33692720.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Dijkstra, Koen A.; Hong, Ying-yi (2019-01-08). "The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209900. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409900D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209900. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Sweis, Brian (2018). "Sensitivity to "sunk costs" in mice, rats, and humans". Science. 361 (6398): 178–181. Bibcode:2018Sci...361..178S. doi:10.1126/science.aar8644. PMC 6377599. PMID 30002252.
Eshel, Neir (2024). "Striatal dopamine integrates cost, benefit, and motivation". Neuron. 112 (3): 500–514. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 38016471.
Nwakama, Chinonso (2025). "Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes". Communications Biology. 8 (102): 102. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.038. PMC 10922131. PMID 39838110.
Redish, A. David (2022). "Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs". Communications Biology. 5 (1337) 1337. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04235-6. PMC 9726928. PMID 36474069.
Kazinka, Rebecca (2021). "Sensitivity to Sunk Costs Depends on Attention to the Delay". Frontiers in Psychology. 12 604843. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.604843. PMC 7937795. PMID 33692720.

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Radford, Benjamin (January 2017). "Psychic Arrested in Exorcism Scam". Skeptical Inquirer. 41 (1): 12–13. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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Behavioural Insights Team (July 2017). "A review of optimism bias, planning fallacy, sunk cost bias and groupthink in project delivery and organisational decision making" (PDF). An Exploration of Behavioural Biases in Project Delivery at the Department for Transport. GOV.UK.

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Staw, Barry M.; Fox, Frederick V. (1977). "Escalation: The Determinants of Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action". Human Relations. 30 (5): 431–450. doi:10.1177/001872677703000503. S2CID 146542771. Retrieved 2019-08-06.

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"Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy". SafetyRisk.net. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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Cubitt, Robin; Ruiz-Martos, Maria; Starmer, Chris (2012). "Are bygones bygones?". Theory and Decision. 73 (2): S185 – S202. doi:10.1007/s11238-010-9233-4. S2CID 5051889.
Arkes, Hal R.; Ayton, Peter (1999). "The sunk cost and Concorde effects: Are humans less rational than lower animals?". Psychological Bulletin. 125 (5): 591–600. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.5.591. ISSN 1939-1455. S2CID 10296273.
McAfee, Preston; Mialon, Hugo; Mialon, Sue (2010). "Do Sunk Costs Matter?". Economic Inquiry. 48 (2): 323–336. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00184.x. S2CID 154805248.
Rego, Sara; Arantes, Joana; Magalhães, Paula (2016-11-29). "Is there a Sunk Cost Effect in Committed Relationships?". Current Psychology. 37 (3): 508–519. doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9529-9. ISSN 1046-1310. S2CID 152208754.
Roth, Stefan; Robbert, Thomas; Straus, Lennart (2014). "On the sunk-cost effect in economic decision-making: a meta-analytic review". Business Research (Göttingen). 8 (1): 99–138. doi:10.1007/s40685-014-0014-8. hdl:10419/156273. S2CID 154851729.
Weatherhead, P.J. (1979). "Do Savannah Sparrows Commit the Concorde Fallacy?". Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 5 (4). Springer Berlin: 373–381. Bibcode:1979BEcoS...5..373W. doi:10.1007/BF00292525. S2CID 6144898.
Winter, Scott R.; Rice, Stephen; Capps, John; Trombley, Justin; Milner, Mattie N.; Anania, Emily C.; Walters, Nathan W.; Baugh, Bradley S. (2020-03-01). "An analysis of a pilot's adherence to their personal weather minimums". Safety Science. 123 104576. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104576. ISSN 0925-7535. S2CID 212959377.
Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1981). "The Framing of decisions and the psychology of choice". Science. 211 (4481): 453–58. Bibcode:1981Sci...211..453T. doi:10.1126/science.7455683. PMID 7455683. S2CID 5643902.
Staw, Barry M.; Fox, Frederick V. (1977). "Escalation: The Determinants of Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action". Human Relations. 30 (5): 431–450. doi:10.1177/001872677703000503. S2CID 146542771. Retrieved 2019-08-06.

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Staw, Barry M. (1976). "Knee-deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action" (PDF). Organizational Behavior and Human Performance. 16 (1): 27–44. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2. ISSN 0030-5073. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

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"The Sunk Cost Fallacy". thedecisionlab.com.

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"17 Cognitive Biases which Contribute to Diving Accidents". www.thehumandiver.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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"Flying in the rear view mirror". Critical Uncertainties. 2011-06-26. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1986). "Rational choice and the framing of decisions". The Journal of Business. 59 (4): S251 – S278. doi:10.1086/296365. ISSN 0021-9398. JSTOR 2352759.
Parayre, Roch (1995). "The strategic implications of sunk costs: A behavioral perspective". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 28 (3): 417–442. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(95)00045-3. ISSN 0167-2681.
Staw, Barry M.; Ross, Jerry (1987). "Knowing When to Pull the Plug". Harvard Business Review. No. March 1987. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
Arkes, Hal (2000). "Think Like a Dog". Psychology Today. 33 (1): 10. ISSN 0033-3107. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
Arkes, Hal R.; Ayton, Peter (1999). "The sunk cost and Concorde effects: Are humans less rational than lower animals?". Psychological Bulletin. 125 (5): 591–600. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.5.591. ISSN 1939-1455. S2CID 10296273.
Arkes, Hal R; Blumer, Catherine (1985). "The psychology of sunk cost". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 35 (1): 124–140. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(85)90049-4. ISSN 0749-5978.
Rego, Sara; Arantes, Joana; Magalhães, Paula (2016-11-29). "Is there a Sunk Cost Effect in Committed Relationships?". Current Psychology. 37 (3): 508–519. doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9529-9. ISSN 1046-1310. S2CID 152208754.
De Bondt, Werner F. M.; Makhija, Anil K. (1988-09-01). "Throwing good money after bad?: Nuclear power plant investment decisions and the relevance of sunk costs". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 10 (2): 173–199. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(88)90044-3. ISSN 0167-2681.
Dijkstra, Koen A.; Hong, Ying-yi (2019-01-08). "The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209900. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409900D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209900. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Winter, Scott R.; Rice, Stephen; Capps, John; Trombley, Justin; Milner, Mattie N.; Anania, Emily C.; Walters, Nathan W.; Baugh, Bradley S. (2020-03-01). "An analysis of a pilot's adherence to their personal weather minimums". Safety Science. 123 104576. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104576. ISSN 0925-7535. S2CID 212959377.
Staw, Barry M. (1976). "Knee-deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action" (PDF). Organizational Behavior and Human Performance. 16 (1): 27–44. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2. ISSN 0030-5073. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
Whyte, Glen (1986). "Escalating Commitment to a Course of Action: A Reinterpretation". The Academy of Management Review. 11 (2): 311–321. doi:10.2307/258462. ISSN 0363-7425. JSTOR 258462.

Sunk cost (English Wikipedia)

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