Browsing CICERO Research Archive by Author "Cherry, Todd"
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Climate change impacts on crop yield: Evidence from China
Wei, Taoyuan; Cherry, Todd; Glomsrød, Solveig; Zhang, Tianyi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)When estimating climate change impact on crop yield, a typical assumption is constant elasticity of yield with respect to a climate variable even though the elasticity may be inconstant. After estimating both constant and ... -
Conditional cooperation and cultural worldviews
Cherry, Todd; McEvoy, David M.; Sælen, Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We show that conditionally cooperative behavior depends on the cultural worldviews of players in a public goods game. While others have examined the interaction of culture and cooperative behavior by comparing results from ... -
Does solar geoengineering crowd-out climate change mitigation efforts? Evidence from a stated preference referendum on a carbon tax
Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen; Kroll, Stephan; McEvoy, Dave (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Solar geoengineering is increasingly being considered a realistic approach to managing climate change. One crucial concern is whether geoengineering crowds out efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Adding to a ... -
Endogenous Minimum Participation in International Environmental Agreements: An Experimental Analysis
McEvoy, DM; Cherry, Todd; Stranlund, JK (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Almost all international environmental treaties require a minimum number of countries to ratify the treaty before it enters into force. Despite the wide-spread use of this mechanism, little is known about its effectiveness ... -
The impact of public health messaging and personal experience on the acceptance of mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cherry, Todd; James, Alexander G.; Murphy, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Face coverings have been shown to slow the spread of COVID-19, yet their use is not universal and remains controversial in the United States. Designing effective nudges for widespread adoption is important when federal ... -
Institutional inequality and individual preferences for honesty and generosity
Birkelund, Johan; Cherry, Todd (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper reports on an experiment that investigates how inequality in advantage affects individual preferences for honesty and generosity. In a two-stage experiment, subjects first earn money according to self-reported ... -
Learning to accept welfare‑enhancing policies: an experimental investigation of congestion pricing
Janusch, Nicholas; Kroll, Stephan; Goemans, Christopher; Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Welfare-enhancing policies such as congestion pricing are argued to improve efficiency in situations with externalities. Unfamiliarity and lack of any personal experience with such policies, however, can hinder their ... -
The acceptability of efficiency-enhancing environmental taxes, subsidies and regulation: An experimental investigation
Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen; Kroll, Stephan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Public opposition to efficiency-enhancing policies is a significant barrier to addressing many environmental challenges. We use a market experiment to explore the acceptability of three types of instruments: Pigouvian taxes ... -
The development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies: The role of economic interests and cultural worldviews on public support
Cherry, Todd; Garcia, Jorge H; Kallbekken, Steffen; Torvanger, Asbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Large-scale deployment of low-carbon energy technologies is crucial to mitigating climate change, and public support is an important barrier to policies and projects that facilitate deployment. This paper provides insights ... -
The Impact of Trial Runs on the Acceptability of Pigouvian Taxes: Experimental Evidence
Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen; Kroll, Stephan (CICERO Working Paper;2011:01, Working paper, 2011)This paper examines the political difficulty of enacting welfare-enhancing Pigouvian taxes. Using referenda in a market experiment with externalities, we investigate the effect of trial periods on the acceptability of two ...