We developed a new instrument for assessing value preferences by paired comparisons, the Computerized Paired Comparisons of Values (CPCV). Information about this instrument is presented, together with validation data from Germany, Brazil, Spain, and Israel. Altogether 1097 subjects received a 45 graded paired comparisons task. On each trial, two of the ten basic values proposed by Schwartz (1992) were presented. Subjects indicated the degree to which one basic value is more important than the other. Importance scores were analyzed together with scores based on Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ-40). Multitrait-Multimethod-Analyses were accomplished for each country. In addition, correlations between the CPCV- and PVQ-scores and the 10-Item Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) were computed for the German, Spanish, and the Israeli samples. The results of these analyses corroborate the validity of our paired comparisons approach across countries. The advantages of paired com-parisons over rating and ranking procedures for assessing values in cross cultural research are discussed.