Tag: Emilia Tjernstrom

Tjernström’s research looks at natural hazards, risk attitudes

Emilia Tjernström, an assistant professor at the La Follette School, and colleagues used a 2012 cyclone in Fiji as a natural experiment to identify the impact of direct exposure to natural hazards on Fijian households’ risk attitudes and subjective expectations about future natural disasters. Emilia Tjernström, an assistant professor at the La Follette School, and …

Grant supports Tjernström’s study of online news company in Kenya

Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström received a grant to measure the effects of introducing performance-pay contracts for citizen journalists in an online English-language news company in Kenya. The study will improve understanding of whether performance contracts increase profits and how they affect journalists’ output quality. Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström received a grant to measure the effects …