This paper investigates how scientists decide whether to share information with their colleagues or not. Detailed data on the decisions of 1,694 bio-scientists allow to detect similarities and differences between academia-based and industry-based scientists. Arguments from social capital theory...

During the last two decades, laboratory experiments have come into increasingprominence and constitute a popular method of research to examine behavioral outcomes and social preferences. However, it has been debated whether results from these experiments can be extrapolated to the real world and...

Since 2005, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) has offered a successful Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration service for persistent identification of research data. In 2009, TIB, the British Library, the Library of the ETH Zurich, the French Institute for...

Das SPES-Projekt (Sozialpolitisches Entscheidungs- und Indikatorensystem) und der Sfb-3 (Mikroanalytische Grundlagen der Gesellschaftspolitik) waren in den 70er Jahren bis zum Beginn der 90er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts in Deutschland zwei Pionierprojekte der empirischen Sozial- und...

During the last two decades, laboratory experiments have come into increasing prominence and constitute a popular method of research to examine behavioral outcomes and social preferences. However, it has been debated whether results from these experiments can be extrapolated to the real world...

In this comment on Henrich et al. (2010) I argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an...

This paper concentrates on the trends in peer-reviewed longitudinal panel studies under scientific direction. Household panel studies have succeeded in broadening their disciplinary scope. Numerous innovations such as questions dealing with psychological concepts, and age-specific topical...

On October 6 and 7 in 1989 Michail Gorbatschow, then USSR Head of State, visited the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in Berlin to celebrate, with the GDR Leadership, the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of the GDR. Very little is remembered of this occasion at a time when the GDR regime...

The Commission's aim was to ascertain the limits of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of economic performance and social progress, and to propose more appropriate indicators.Within a short period of time, a considerable amount of work was generated and a very interesting report was...