The phrase "attributed to a shift" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or variations in a situation, phenomenon, or trend that are believed to be caused by a specific shift or change.
Example: "The recent increase in sales can be attributed to a shift in consumer preferences towards eco-friendly products."
Alternatives: "ascribed to a change" or "linked to a transition".
The slow growth in overall computer sales is attributed to a shift by consumers to tablets and cautious spending by corporations.
I disagree with David Brooks that the shift in public sentiment toward 2008 presidential candidates can be likened to a "postwar mood" or attributed to a shift in priorities.
The Netpliance change came after Lifeminders.com, another Super Bowl sponsor, parted ways with its agency, Fallon McElligott in Minneapolis, part of Publicis S.A., in a decision attributed to a shift in marketing to a business-to-business focus from a consumer orientation.
Our study shows that a significant portion of the reduction in electricity demand in the NEM is attributed to a shift away from grid-sourced electricity.
Approximately 5 percentage points of this aggregate effect can be attributed to a shift in emphasis of the system in favour of Employer Sponsored migration.
This change is attributed to a shift in the transport pattern associated with greater outflow from higher latitudes north of 30° N (Oltmans et al. 2006).
Though the geometric model of adaptation predicts that high temporal or spatial variability in selective pressure by biotic forces should favor fixation of large-effect QTL, our finding of no differences in the fractions of antagonistic QTL for traits under biotic v. abiotic selection suggests that the large-effect QTL detected in this study cannot be attributed to a shifting adaptive landscape.
"They're probably not too sure how much of it to attribute to the political campaign, and how much to attribute to a shift in U.S. strategy," Ms. Glaser said.
Contrary to these expectations, only a single transient (τ1) in the fluorescence lifetime experiments shows a temperature dependent break that correlates with catalysis; this has been attributed to a subtle shift in the position of Trp87 in relation to the active site Zn2+ above 30 °C.
Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported net income of $9.5 billion, a $50 million increase from the first quarter in 2012, which analysts attributed to a gradual shift back to drilling for more profitable oil from drilling for natural gas.
Rutile has slightly lower indirect band gap (3.0 eV) as compared to anatase (3.2 eV), which is attributed to a negative shift of the conduction band in anatase by 0.2 eV.
