Leon-Alfonso, Sandra orcid.org/0000-0002-4268-0302 and Orriols, Lluís (2019) Attributing responsibility in devolved contexts. Experimental evidence from the UK. Electoral Studies. pp. 39-48. ISSN 0261-3794
Abstract
In 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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2019 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:32 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.01.001 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.electstud.2019.01.001 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143350 |
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