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Paper Abstract Evidence has shown that blame for a “bad” decision can be shifted by delegating the decision to someone else. We conduct experiments using a four-player delegated dictator game to examine whether the reverse is also true: does one receive credit for taking a “good” decision as compared to delegating the decision to someone else? Our results indicate that the answer is affirmative. A person receives higher rewards when she makes a fair decision herself than when a delegate does. This indicates that responsibility attribution is a double-edged sword that applies to both bad and good outcomes.
Paper Citation Argenton, C., Potters, J., & Yang, Y. (2023). Receiving credit: On delegation and responsibility. European Economic Review, 158, 104522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104522
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104522
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