Central banks are viewed by the general public as reputable institutions, a perception bolstered by economic theory and modeling. By extension, central bankers are thought of as benevolent, as decent men and women attempting to maximize societal welfare through their decisions. Yet, cases of...

We carry out an experiment on a macroeconomic price setting game where prices are complements. Despite relevant information being common knowledge and price flexibility we observe significant deviation from equilibrium prices and history dependence. In a first treatment we observe that...