What to Blame? Self-Serving Attribution Bias with Multi-Dimensional Uncertainty

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Coutts A., Gerhards L., Murad Z.

ECONOMIC JOURNAL, vol.134, no.661, pp.1835-1874, 2024 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Nəşrin Növü: Article / Article
  • Cild: 134 Say: 661
  • Nəşr tarixi: 2024
  • Doi nömrəsi: 10.1093/ej/ueae005
  • jurnalın adı: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
  • Jurnalın baxıldığı indekslər: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, American History and Life, Applied Science & Technology Source, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CAB Abstracts, EconLit, Geobase, Historical Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, DIALNET
  • Səhifə sayı: pp.1835-1874
  • Adres: Yox

Qısa məlumat

People often receive feedback influenced by external factors, yet little is known about how this affects self-serving biases. Our theoretical model explores how multi-dimensional uncertainty allows additional degrees of freedom for self-serving bias. In our primary experiment, feedback combining an individual's ability and a teammate's ability leads to biased belief updating. However, in a follow-up experiment with a random fundamental replacing the teammate, unbiased updating occurs. A validation experiment shows that belief distortion is greater when outcomes originate from human actions. Overall, our experiments highlight how multi-dimensional environments can enable self-serving biases.