Dr. Raisa Sherif

Senior Research Fellow

Phone:+49-89-24246-5257
Fax:+49-89-24246-5299
Mail: raisa.sherif@tax.mpg.de

Room:M8.505

Areas of Interest

Environmental Economics, Behavioural Economics, Experimental Methods

Academic Résumé

Since 2021: Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Senior Research Fellow
2015-2021: Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and Munich Graduate School of Economics
2009-2014: Integrated M.A in Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Website

raisasherif.com

Research Projects

Sorting it out: Reshaping Waste Management in Urban India, with Ahana Basistha, Nishith Prakash (Draft in progress)
Inter-generational Spillover of Environmental Education, with Shubhro Bhattacharya, Sara Constantino, Nirajana Mishra, Nishith Prakash, Dighbijoy Samaddar (Data collection ongoing)
Empowering Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from a Personal Initiative Intervention in India, with Sofia Amaral, Isis Gaddis, Alreena Pinto, Jayati Sethi (Data collection ongoing)

Peer Reviewed International Journals

Sherif, R. and Simon, S. A., 2023. Impact, Inspiration, or Image: On the Trade-Offs in Pro-Environmental Behaviors. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 134, Article No. 103214.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103214

Konrad, K. A. and Sherif, R., 2019. Sanctioning, selection, and pivotality in voting – Theory and experimental results. Constitutional Political Economy, 30(3), pp. 330-357.

Working papers

Sherif, R., Climate Experts’ Views on Hydrocarbon Energy Phase-Out. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2022-10.

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Sherif, R., Why do we vote? Evidence on expressive voting. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2022-04.

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Sherif, R., Are pro-environment behaviours substitutes or complements? Evidence from the ﬁeld. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2021–03.

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Courses

13.02.17 - 24.02.17	International Public Economics
WS 2016/2017	Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad and Raisa Sherif Announcement More Information
Language	English