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Gurdal, Mehmet , Miller, Joshua B. and Rustichini, Aldo (2013) Why blame? Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS), Volume 2013 (Number 1022).
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Abstract
We provide experimental evidence that subjects blame others based on events they are not responsible for. In our experiment an agent chooses between a lottery and a safe asset; payment from the chosen option goes to a principal who then decides how much to allocate between
the agent and a third party. We observe widespread blame: regardless of their choice, agents are blamed by principals for the outcome of the lottery, an event they are not responsible for. We provide an explanation of this apparently irrational behavior with a delegated-expertise
principal-agent model, the subjects’ salient perturbation of the environment.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Practical reason, Economics -- Mathematical models , Fairness | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | 31 August 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
Number: | Number 1022 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 42 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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