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Attributing responsibility in devolved contexts. Experimental evidence from the UK

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Socialeses
dc.contributor.authorLeón Alfonso, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorOrriols Galve, Lluis
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T17:32:56Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T17:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-11
dc.description.abstractIn devolved contexts, people may get it wrong in their responsibility assignments because they are unsure about who does what or because they filter their attributions of credit and blame through their political lenses. This paper theorises about these two mechanisms and tests the role of cognitive bias in moderating responsibility judgements in multilevel systems. Using a survey experiment on responsibility attribution for the NHS outcomes in Scotland and Wales, results show that partisanship is the strongest bias of responsibility assignments between regional and central authorities. Yet national identity also operates as cognitive bias, a role that so far has been theoretically and empirically overlooked in the literature. The empirical findings point to the role of partisanship and identity as cognitive guides to make responsibility judgements in complex institutional setting, such as the one that emerges from increasing devolution in the United Kingdom.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWe wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Politics at the University of York through the internal priming funding scheme as well as of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiviness (Project CSO2017-82881-R).en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationLeón, S., & Orriols, L. (2019). Attributing responsibility in devolved contexts. Experimental evidence from the UK. Electoral Studies, 59, pp. 39-48.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.01.001
dc.identifier.issn0261-3794
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage39es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage48es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleELECTORAL STUDIESen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume59es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34953
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000030085
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherElsevieres
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. CSO2017-82881-Res
dc.rights© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.en
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaSociologíaes
dc.titleAttributing responsibility in devolved contexts. Experimental evidence from the UKen
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