Mental Accounting: Why a Dollar Is Not Always a Dollar
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Mental Accounting: Why a Dollar Is Not Always a Dollar

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 11 July 2026 · View published page ↗

You have two $100 bills in your wallet: one earmarked for rent, one for entertainment. You spend the entertainment $100 on dinner.

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the original Boston Central Artery project by a factor of roughly 9
+the original Boston Central Artery project by a factor of roughly 5-6
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particularly his work with Yuichi Shoda published in Psychological Review
+particularly his work with Janet Metcalfe published in Psychological Revi

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Verified live: both corrections are already present in the body text (factor of 5-6; Metcalfe & Mischel 1999). The FAQ does not mention the Big Dig cost overrun or the hot/cool system citation at all, so no secondary fix was needed.

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