@techreport{0f4ecd4926e346c3bd0032a4fe383f25,
title = "Receiving Credit: On Delegation and Responsibility",
abstract = "Evidence has shown that blame for a “bad{"} decision can be shifted by delegating the decision to someone else. We conduct experiments 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.",
keywords = "delegation, reward, responsibility",
author = "Cedric Argenton and Jan Potters and Yadi Yang",
note = "CentER Discussion Paper Nr. 2022-004",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "17",
language = "English",
volume = "2022-004",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "CentER, Center for Economic Research",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "CentER, Center for Economic Research",
}