Global Evidence on Economic Preferences*
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Global Evidence on Economic Preferences*
This paper studies the global variation in economic preferences. For this purpose, we present the Global Preference Survey (GPS), an experimentally validated survey dataset of time preference, risk preference, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust from 80,000 individuals in 76 countries. The data reveal substantial heterogeneity in preferences across countries, but even larger ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Quarterly Journal of Economics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0033-5533,1531-4650
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjy013