A Theory of Ex Post Rationalization
People rationalize their past choices, even those that were mistakes in hindsight. We propose a formal theory of this behavior. The theory predicts that sunk costs affect later choices. Its model primitives are identified by choice behavior and it yields tractable comparative statics.
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