Survey Items of the Global Preference Survey
| Preference | Item Description | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Patience | Intertemporal choice sequence using staircase method | 0.712 |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to wait | 0.288 | |
| Risk-taking | Lottery choice sequence using staircase method | 0.473 |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to take risks in general | 0.527 | |
| Positive reciprocity | Gift in exchange for help | 0.515 |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to return a favor | 0.485 | |
| Negative reciprocity | Self-assessment: Willingness to take revenge | 0.374 |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to punish unfair behavior towards self | 0.313 | |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to punish unfair behavior towards others | 0.313 | |
| Altruism | Donation decision | 0.635 |
| Self-assessment: Willingness to give to good causes | 0.365 | |
| Trust | Self-assessment: People have only the best intentions | 1.000 |
Source: Falk etal. (2018, Table 1). See their Online Appendix AF forthe wording ofthe questions and Online Appendix AI for a discussion of the weights.