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D. Bruce Johnsen

D. Bruce Johnsen is a Professor of Law at George Mason University, a leading center for Law & Economics scholarship.  Professor Johnsen holds a B.A, an M.A., and a Ph.D., all in Economics, from the University of Washington, as well as a J.D. from Emory University.  His scholarship focuses on the economics of property rights,Continue reading “D. Bruce Johnsen”

Elizabeth Willott

Elizabeth Willott is assistant professor of entomology and program faculty member for the graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Insect Science at the University of Arizona.

F. Andrew Hanssen

F. Andrew Hanssen is professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His areas of research include institutions, law and economics, political economy, and industrial organization. Before getting a Ph.D., he was a management consultant, working in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East.

Robert K. Fleck

Robert K. Fleck is a professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His research combines theoretical and statistical analysis, and his major fields of interest include political economy, public finance, economic history, and development economics.  

Jeff Bennett

Jeff Bennett, 2011 PERC Lone Mountain Fellow, is a Professor Emeritus in the Arndt Corden Department of Economics and the Director of the Environmental Economics Research Hub, Crawford School of Economics & Government at the Australian National University. Bennett is a distinguished fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society and also a memberContinue reading “Jeff Bennett”

Brandon Scarborough

As a research fellow at PERC, Brandon Scarborough focused on the use of water markets in the West to restore stream flows for wildlife, fish, and other environmental amenities. He also researched carbon sequestration and the efficacy of using forest management to address climate change. His other interests include the interactions between natural resources andContinue reading “Brandon Scarborough”

Fred Krupp

FRED KRUPP is president of Environmental Defense, a national nonprofit organization that links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Visit www.environmentaldefense.

Vernon L. Smith

VERNON L. SMITH was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in experimental economics. Smith is a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and research scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.

James Workman

James Workman creates natural resource conservation markets for water, energy and marine life. He wrote the award-winning Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought, and Sea Change: The Quiet Revolution Transforming Life Offshore–and On (ForeEdge). Workman studied at Yale & Oxford, taught at Wesleyan and Whitman, butContinue reading “James Workman”

Sam Nugent

Samuel S. Nugent is the Marketing Coordinator for Wilder Auto Center Port Angeles. He previously served as the co-founder and Director of Marketing for The Remediators Inc., a soils remediation company located in Port Angeles, Wash. Nugent was a 2003 fellow of PERC’s environmental entrepreneurship course. The Remediators Inc, is a member of the IncubatorContinue reading “Sam Nugent”