Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306485 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
Teams are formed because input from different people is needed. Providing incentives to team members, however, can be difficult. According to received wisdom, declaring all members responsible fails because real responsibility for team output "diffuses." But why? And why and when does formally declaring one member "responsible" mean that this member can be attributed "real" responsibility? We offer a model that answers these questions. We identify when jointly declaring a team responsible results in reputation free-riding. We show that declaring one person responsible can overcome this problem but only if all other team members are protected from being sanctioned.
Subjects: 
reputation free riding
collective punishment
formal and real responsibility
JEL: 
M54
D23
D86
L23
K12
K13
Published Version’s DOI: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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