Linda Thunström
Biographic Data
| ID | 318099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Thunström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Thunström |
| SIGNATURE | THUNSTRÖM L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wyoming |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5728-4089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testing undue incentives
Facts and Personal Recovery Stories to Reduce Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Increase Support for Recovery Housing
Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The social cost of greenhouse gases is important in many regulatory impact analyses. However, calculations of the social cost of greenhouse gases are highly complex and periodically revisited. We offer seven recommendations to improve current estimates. These include recommendations to use both country-level and global measures of the social cost of greenhouse gases, to use country-specific values for monetizing climate damages, to represent unce…
In-state generation requirements and the acceptability of renewable portfolio standards
Reply to Comment by Cragun and Speed on “Trust and Trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims and Atheists/Agnostics in the U.S.”
Hesitancy Toward a Covid-19 Vaccine
In search of an appropriate mix of taxes and subsidies on nutrients and food
Trust and Trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims, and Atheists/Agnostics in the United States
Trust, a cornerstone of economic development, is promoted within religions. In a randomized controlled trial, we examine how trust and trustworthiness vary across religions (Christianity and Islam), religiosity, and atheists/agnostics in the United States. Three novel findings emerge. First, Christians are trusted more than Muslims and nonbelievers, which is due to a Christian ingroup bias--Christians trust Christians more than they trust Muslims…
Strategic ignorance of health risk
We examine the causes and policy implications of strategic (willful) ignorance of risk as an excuse to over-engage in risky health behavior. In an experiment on Copenhagen adults, we allow subjects to choose whether to learn the calorie content of a meal before consuming it and then measure their subsequent calorie intake. Consistent with previous studies, we find strong evidence of strategic ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie in…
Testing for Covid-19
Widespread testing is key to controlling the spread of COVID-19. But should we worry about self-selection bias in the testing? The recent literature on willful ignorance says we should – people often avoid health information. In the context of COVID-19, such willful ignorance can bias testing data. Furthermore, willful ignorance often arises when selfish wants conflict with social benefits, which might be particularly likely for potential ‘super-…
The Benefits and Costs of Using Social Distancing to Flatten the Curve for Covid-19
We examine the net benefits of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19 in USA. Social distancing saves lives but imposes large costs on society due to reduced economic activity. We use epidemiological and economic forecasting to perform a rapid benefit–cost analysis of controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. Assuming that social distancing measures can substantially reduce contacts among individuals, we find net benefits of about $5.2 trillio…
Do We Need a New Behavioral Benchmark for BCA
In our opinion, the challenges of ongoing measurement, the ever-moving behavioral baseline, and strategic self-ignorance return us full-circle to a sensible point made by Peter Bohm–Benefit-Cost Analysis for environmental goods should use an interval method
The impact of price reductions on individuals' choice of healthy meals away from home
Food high in energy but low in nutritional value is an important contributor to several serious illnesses, and one type of food that is particularly high in energy but low in nutrition is food consumed away from home. In this paper, we examine the demand and willingness to pay for healthy, Keyhole-labelled meals. A Keyhole-labelled meal is particularly low in energy, fat, sugar and salt, but particularly high in fibre. The results suggest that to…
Certainty and overconfidence in future preferences for food
Can targeted food taxes and subsidies improve the diet? Distributional effects among income groups
The Benefits and Costs of Using Social Distancing to Flatten the Curve for Covid-19
We examine the net benefits of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19 in USA. Social distancing saves lives but imposes large costs on society due to reduced economic activity. We use epidemiological and economic forecasting to perform a rapid benefit–cost analysis of controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. Assuming that social distancing measures can substantially reduce contacts among individuals, we find net benefits of about $5.2 trillio…
Can targeted food taxes and subsidies improve the diet? Distributional effects among income groups
Trust and Trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims, and Atheists/Agnostics in the United States
Trust, a cornerstone of economic development, is promoted within religions. In a randomized controlled trial, we examine how trust and trustworthiness vary across religions (Christianity and Islam), religiosity, and atheists/agnostics in the United States. Three novel findings emerge. First, Christians are trusted more than Muslims and nonbelievers, which is due to a Christian ingroup bias--Christians trust Christians more than they trust Muslims…
Strategic ignorance of health risk
We examine the causes and policy implications of strategic (willful) ignorance of risk as an excuse to over-engage in risky health behavior. In an experiment on Copenhagen adults, we allow subjects to choose whether to learn the calorie content of a meal before consuming it and then measure their subsequent calorie intake. Consistent with previous studies, we find strong evidence of strategic ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie in…
Do We Need a New Behavioral Benchmark for BCA
In our opinion, the challenges of ongoing measurement, the ever-moving behavioral baseline, and strategic self-ignorance return us full-circle to a sensible point made by Peter Bohm–Benefit-Cost Analysis for environmental goods should use an interval method
The impact of price reductions on individuals' choice of healthy meals away from home
Food high in energy but low in nutritional value is an important contributor to several serious illnesses, and one type of food that is particularly high in energy but low in nutrition is food consumed away from home. In this paper, we examine the demand and willingness to pay for healthy, Keyhole-labelled meals. A Keyhole-labelled meal is particularly low in energy, fat, sugar and salt, but particularly high in fibre. The results suggest that to…
Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The social cost of greenhouse gases is important in many regulatory impact analyses. However, calculations of the social cost of greenhouse gases are highly complex and periodically revisited. We offer seven recommendations to improve current estimates. These include recommendations to use both country-level and global measures of the social cost of greenhouse gases, to use country-specific values for monetizing climate damages, to represent unce…
Testing for Covid-19
Widespread testing is key to controlling the spread of COVID-19. But should we worry about self-selection bias in the testing? The recent literature on willful ignorance says we should – people often avoid health information. In the context of COVID-19, such willful ignorance can bias testing data. Furthermore, willful ignorance often arises when selfish wants conflict with social benefits, which might be particularly likely for potential ‘super-…
Can targeted food taxes and subsidies improve the diet? Distributional effects among income groups
The impact of price reductions on individuals' choice of healthy meals away from home
Food high in energy but low in nutritional value is an important contributor to several serious illnesses, and one type of food that is particularly high in energy but low in nutrition is food consumed away from home. In this paper, we examine the demand and willingness to pay for healthy, Keyhole-labelled meals. A Keyhole-labelled meal is particularly low in energy, fat, sugar and salt, but particularly high in fibre. The results suggest that to…
Certainty and overconfidence in future preferences for food
Do We Need a New Behavioral Benchmark for BCA
In our opinion, the challenges of ongoing measurement, the ever-moving behavioral baseline, and strategic self-ignorance return us full-circle to a sensible point made by Peter Bohm–Benefit-Cost Analysis for environmental goods should use an interval method
Strategic ignorance of health risk
We examine the causes and policy implications of strategic (willful) ignorance of risk as an excuse to over-engage in risky health behavior. In an experiment on Copenhagen adults, we allow subjects to choose whether to learn the calorie content of a meal before consuming it and then measure their subsequent calorie intake. Consistent with previous studies, we find strong evidence of strategic ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie in…
Testing for Covid-19
Widespread testing is key to controlling the spread of COVID-19. But should we worry about self-selection bias in the testing? The recent literature on willful ignorance says we should – people often avoid health information. In the context of COVID-19, such willful ignorance can bias testing data. Furthermore, willful ignorance often arises when selfish wants conflict with social benefits, which might be particularly likely for potential ‘super-…
The Benefits and Costs of Using Social Distancing to Flatten the Curve for Covid-19
We examine the net benefits of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19 in USA. Social distancing saves lives but imposes large costs on society due to reduced economic activity. We use epidemiological and economic forecasting to perform a rapid benefit–cost analysis of controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. Assuming that social distancing measures can substantially reduce contacts among individuals, we find net benefits of about $5.2 trillio…
Reply to Comment by Cragun and Speed on “Trust and Trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims and Atheists/Agnostics in the U.S.”
Hesitancy Toward a Covid-19 Vaccine
In search of an appropriate mix of taxes and subsidies on nutrients and food
Trust and Trustworthiness of Christians, Muslims, and Atheists/Agnostics in the United States
Trust, a cornerstone of economic development, is promoted within religions. In a randomized controlled trial, we examine how trust and trustworthiness vary across religions (Christianity and Islam), religiosity, and atheists/agnostics in the United States. Three novel findings emerge. First, Christians are trusted more than Muslims and nonbelievers, which is due to a Christian ingroup bias--Christians trust Christians more than they trust Muslims…
Facts and Personal Recovery Stories to Reduce Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Increase Support for Recovery Housing
Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The social cost of greenhouse gases is important in many regulatory impact analyses. However, calculations of the social cost of greenhouse gases are highly complex and periodically revisited. We offer seven recommendations to improve current estimates. These include recommendations to use both country-level and global measures of the social cost of greenhouse gases, to use country-specific values for monetizing climate damages, to represent unce…
In-state generation requirements and the acceptability of renewable portfolio standards
Testing undue incentives
Economics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Public economics (5 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (4 works) · Microeconomics (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Actuarial science (3 works)