Im Jahr 2023 besteht das Statistische Bundesamt seit 75 Jahren. Dieser Beitrag soll an die ehemaligen Leitungen des Statistischen Bundesamtes in den verschiedenen Epochen erinnern, ihre Persönlichkeit und die jeweiligen Schwerpunkte ihres Wirkens. Getragen wurden die ehemaligen Amtsleitungen...

We compare two devices previously found to increase contributions to public goods in laboratory experiments: communication, and punishment (allowing subjects to engage in costly reductions of one another’s earnings after learning of their contribution decisions). We find that communication...

We compare two devices previously found to increase contributions to public goods in laboratory experiments: communication, and punishment (allowing subjects to engage in costly reductions of one another’s earnings after learning of their contribution decisions). We find that communication...

We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre-play communication: numerical (tabular) only, and verbal and numerical. We find that either kind of pre-play communication increases trusting, trustworthiness, or both, in...