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Leigh Raymond

Professor of Political Science

Center for the Environment, Purdue University

Professor Raymond’s research focuses on environmental policy, especially market-based policy approaches. He studies how informal rules and social norms related to fairness, ownership, and environmental values affect environmental policy creation, policy change, and policy implementation. His work has covered a range of topics including policies on acid rain and climate change, energy conservation, environmental risk management, renewable fuels, conservation tillage, and biodiversity protection on private lands.

Interests

  • Social norms and environmental policy
  • Energy and climate policy
  • Non-economic behavioral motivations

Education

  • PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 2000

    University of California at Berkeley

  • M.S. in Wildland Resource Science, 1996

    University of California at Berkeley