Public exposure of poor prior decisions may lead to escalation not because of framing (a prospect theory explanation) or face-saving (a psychological explanation), but rather because decision makers may believe that external factors, rather than decision errors, were the cause of prior failures.
That I am a valid, beautiful human being — as are all my friends, some of whom have much severer impairments — and that I also support women's right to choose, a right that logically must extend to a woman who ends a pregnancy because of the prospect of an extra finger?
For example, companies are motivated to take excessive risks because of the prospect of a government backstop, a problem known as moral hazard.
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, a Democrat and chairman of the Health Committee, said Mr. Pataki may be stalling because of the prospect of a recession and declining revenues -- a view endorsed privately by some Republican lawmakers.
News executives budgeted for extra hours of election coverage on TV and on their sites in part because of the prospect of a change in the Congressional balance of power — a Republican "tidal wave," as one Fox anchor put it.
The formation of a new government is highly likely: mainstream parties have little appetite for early elections because of the prospect of a strong showing by the emboldened Five Star Movement.
American exports reached their highest level in two years.The price of many commodities continued to soar, in part because of the prospect of a weaker dollar.
Some see the rural vote turning against the EU, partly because of the prospect of a cut in farm subsidies.
The Baker camp was also trying to husband its money and energy because of the prospect of a three-way race.
Dyson said the new institute will allow students to stay in the country at the end of their degree because of the prospect of a job at the company.
The Texas plaintiffs had sought to hold the employers liable as well because of the prospect of a much greater monetary gain.
