About
Prof Cherry’s research focuses on the interplay between individual behavior and institutions
with a particular interest in identifying environmental policies that are both effective
and feasible. Much of his work employs experimental methods to inform our efforts
to address local and global collective action problems. Recent projects investigate
the implications of solar geoengineering for strategic behavior and climate governance.
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Selected Publications
Cherry, T.L., D.M. McEvoy, S. Kroll. (2026) Climate intervention and mitigation: Strategic
responses to technological advances in solar geoengineering. Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming.
Vossler, C.A., T.N. Cason, J.J. Murphy, P.J. Ferraro, T.L. Cherry, G. Loewenstein,
P. Martinsson, J.F. Shogren, L. van Boven, and D. van Soest. (2026) The impact of
experiments on environmental policy and natural resource management. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, forthcoming.
Hubbard, C., I.M. Fletcher, T.L. Cherry, J. Hochard, D. Finnoff. (2025) The public
overestimates and prefers greater tolerance for grizzly bear encounters than defined
by the United States management guidelines. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1022).
Moreno-Cruz, J., D.M. McEvoy, M. McGinty, T.L. Cherry. (2025) The economics and governance
of solar geoengineering. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 19(1): 1-24.
Cherry, T.L., S. Kroll, D.M. McEvoy, D. Campoverde. (2024) Solar geoengineering, free-driving
and conflict: An experimental investigation. Environmental and Resource Economics, 87: 1045-1060.
McEvoy, D.M., M. McGinty, T.L. Cherry, S. Kroll. (2024) International climate agreements
under the threat of solar geoengineering. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 11(4): 853-886.
Ferraro, P.J., T.L. Cherry, J.F. Shogren, C.A. Vossler, T.N. Cason et al. (2023) Create
a culture of experimentation in environmental programs. Science 381(6659), 735–737.
Cherry, T.L., S. Kallbekken. (2023) Use behavioral research to improve the feasibility
and effectiveness of system-level policy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e153.
Ashworth, M., L. Thunström, T.L. Cherry, S. Newbold, D. Finnoff. (2021). Emphasize
personal health benefits to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(32).
Cherry, T.L., S. Kallbekken, S. Kroll. (2017). Accepting market failure: Cultural
worldviews and the opposition to corrective environmental policies. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 85: 193-204.
Marland, G., T.L. Cherry, H. Neufeld. (2014) GDP: No one metric can rule them all. Nature, 507(7490).
Cherry, T.L., P. Frykblom, J.F. Shogren. (2002). Hardnose the dictator. American Economic Review, 92(4): 1218-1221.
Recent Grants
“Examining Recency of 2024 Wildfire Season Exposures as an Antidote to the Intangibility
of Public Policy Dilemma” National Science Foundation – RAPID; Principle Investigator
with Jacob Hochard (co-PI) and Bryan Leonard (co-PI); $181,696; 2025-2026.
“Anticipating the Climate-Water Transition and Cascading Challenges to Socio-Environmental
Systems in America's Headwaters” National Science Foundation - EPSCOR/Integrative
Activities; Senior Personnel with Ewers (PI) Williams, Shuman, Knapp (co-PIs); $20,000,000; 2022-2027.
“Understanding and Predicting Behavioral Responses to Epidemic Risks and Control Policies:
Implications for Epidemiological Models and Policy Design” National Science Foundation
- Mathematical Sciences; Senior Personnel with Finnoff (PI) McCrea, Thunstrom, Newbold,
Lui (co-PIs); $991,566; 2022-2025.
“Implications of Solar Radiation Management for Strategic Behavior and Climate Governance”
National Science Foundation – DRMS; Wyoming-Duke collaborative project; Principle
Investigator at UW with Borsuk (PI-Duke), McEvoy, Kroll, Pizer, Wiener (co-PIs); $962,595; 2020-2023.
