Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility

Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs

Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility

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Date

2011

Authors

Bartling, Björn

Fischbacher, Urs

Publication type

Journal article

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The Review of Economic Studies ; 79 (2011), 1. - pp. 67-87. - ISSN 0034-6527. - eISSN 1467-937X

Abstract

To fully understand the motives for delegating a decision right, it is important to study responsibility attributions for outcomes of delegated decisions. We conducted laboratory experiments in which subjects could either choose a fair allocation or an unfair allocation or delegate the choice, and we used a punishment option to elicit responsibility attributions. Our results show that, first, responsibility attribution can be effectively shifted and, second, this can constitute a strong motive for the delegation of a decision right. Moreover, we propose a simple measure of responsibility and show that this measure outperforms measures based on inequity aversion or reciprocity in predicting punishment behaviour.

Subject (DDC)

330 Economics

Keywords

Delegation,Responsibility,Punishment,Decision rights

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BARTLING, Björn, Urs FISCHBACHER, 2011. Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility. In: The Review of Economic Studies. 79(1), pp. 67-87. ISSN 0034-6527. eISSN 1467-937X. Available under: doi: 10.1093/restud/rdr023

BibTex

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  journal={The Review of Economic Studies},
  pages={67--87},
  author={Bartling, Björn and Fischbacher, Urs}
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