Linda Thunström

College of Business

 

 

BU 266 W | Office Hours

307-766-2319 | lthunstr@uwyo.edu

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

About

My research interests pertain to behavioral economics and experimental economics, applied to a broad range of topics. To mention a few, I study how natural disasters affect people’s preferences and behavior, overall and for subgroups of the population (including religious groups); the value people attach to information about risk; and the effect of policies in pandemics.

Selected Publications

Ferraro, P., Cherry, T., Vossler, C., Shogren, J.F., Cason, T., Flint, H., Hochard, J., Johansson-Stenman, O., Martinsson, P., Murphy, J., Newbold, S., Thunström, L., van Soest, D., van't Veld, K., Dannenberg, A., Loewenstein, G., van Boven, L. (2023) Create a Culture of Experimentation in Environmental Programs, Science, 381(6659), 735-737, DOI: 10.1126/science.adf777

Fraas, A., Graham, J., Krutilla, K., Lutter, R., Shogren, J.F., Thunström, L., Viscusi, W.K. (2023) Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Forthcoming.

Newbold, S. C., Ashworth, M., Finnoff, D., Shogren, J. F., Thunström, L. (2023) Physical distancing versus testing with self‑isolation for controlling an emerging epidemic. Scientific Reports, rdcu.be/dcAk4

Jones Ritten, C., Thunström, L., Cherry, T., Wulfhorst, J.D. (2022) Frequent mandatory COVID-19 testing may increase risky behavior, PNAS Nexus, 1, 1-5.

Mollerstrom, J., Thunström, L. (2022) Vaccine hunters and jostlers – Helping or hurting the COVID-19 vaccination effort? Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-6. Thunström, L., Noy, S. (2022) What We Think Prayers Do: Americans’ Expectations and Valuation of Intercessory Prayer, PLOS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265836.

Ashworth, M., Cherry, T. L., Finnoff, D., Newbold, S. C., Shogren, J. F., Thunström, L. (2022) COVID-19 Research and Policy Analysis: Contributions from Environmental Economists. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 16(1). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/717732

Ashworth, M., Thunström, L., Cherry, T. L., Newbold, S. C., Finnoff, D. C. (2021). Emphasize personal health benefits to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(32). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108225118

Thunström, L., Jones Ritten, C., Bastian, C., Minton, E., Zhappassova, D. (2021) Trust and trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims and atheists/agnostics in the U.S., Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 60(1), 147-179.

Newbold, S., Finnoff, D., Thunström, L., Ashworth, M., Shogren, J.F. (2020) Effects of Physical Distancing to Control COVID-19 on Public Health, the Economy, and the Environment, Environmental & Resource Economics, 1-25. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-020-00440-1

Thunström, L., Newbold, S., Finnoff, D., Ashworth, M., Shogren, J.F. (2020) The benefits and costs of social distancing to flatten the curve for Covid-19, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 1-17, doi:10.1017/bca.2020.12.

Thunström, L. (2020) Thoughts and Prayers -- Do they crowd out charity donations? Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 60: 1-28. doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09322-9.

 

Education

• PhD, Umeå University, Sweden
• MS, Umeå University, Sweden
• BS, Umeå University, Sweden

 

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