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Te konsèp la premye prezante nan 1971 pa Martin Shubik, Pwofesè nan Seymour nan Matematik Enstitisyonèl Ekonomi nan Yale University, anba non an nan vann piblik dola. Jwèt la se yon ilistrasyon nan yon paradoks nan ki patisipan yo ap contrainte fè, nan fen a, yon desizyon irasyonèl ki baze sou yon sekans nan desizyon rasyonèl; yon akselerasyon vyolans irasyonèl nan angajman.
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The concept was first introduced in 1971 by Martin Shubik, the Seymour Professor of Mathematical Institutional Economics at Yale University, under the name of dollar auction. The game is an illustration of a paradox in which the participants are constrained to make, in the end, an irrational decision based on a sequence of rational decisions; an irrational escalation of commitment.