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The Preference Survey Module: Evidence on social preferences from Tehran

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  • Kosfeld, Michael
  • Sharafi, Zahra

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We provide evidence on the extent to which survey items in the Preference Survey Module and the resulting Global Preference Survey measuring social preferences - trust, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity - predict behavior in corresponding experimental games outside the original participant sample of Falk et al. (2022). Our results, which are based on a replication study with university students in Tehran, Iran, are mixed. While quantitative items considering hypothetical versions of the experimental games correlate significantly and economically meaningfully with individual behavior, none of the qualitative items show significant correlations. The only exception is altruism where results correspond more closely to the original findings.

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  • Kosfeld, Michael & Sharafi, Zahra, 2023. "The Preference Survey Module: Evidence on social preferences from Tehran," SAFE Working Paper Series 393, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:safewp:393
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4500897
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    6. Fischbacher, Urs & Neyse, Levent & Richter, David & Schröder, Carsten, 2024. "Adding household surveys to the behavioral economics toolbox: insights from the SOEP innovation sample," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 10(1), pages 136-151.
    7. Kosfeld, Michael & Sharafi, Zahra & Sontag González, Maíra & Zou, Na, 2025. "Measuring Economic Preferences with Surveys and Behavioral Experiments," IZA Discussion Papers 17608, IZA Network @ LISER.
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    • C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles

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