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Gurdal, Mehmet , Miller, Joshua B. and Rustichini, Aldo (2013) Why blame? Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2013 (Number 158).
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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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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | September 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
Number: | Number 158 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 42 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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