Strategic Misrepresentation

Strategic Misrepresentation
In planning and budgeting, strategic misrepresentation involves knowingly understating costs and overstating benefits to secure project approval. Distinct from optimism bias, it is a deliberate policy often justified as part of the negotiation process.

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