Shifting the blame: on delegation and responsibility

DOI10.1093/RESTUD/RDR023zbMATH Open1405.91102OpenAlexW3124967486MaRDI QIDQ4610491FDOQ4610491

Authors: Björn Bartling, U. Fischbacher 

Publication date: 23 January 2019

Published in: Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/55734/1/rdr023.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

responsibilitypunishmentdelegationdecision rights

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Experimental studies (91A90)

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