Associate Professor, Economics
leeparton@boisestate.edu • (208) 426-5434 • Mail Stop: 1620
Office Number: MBEB 3251
Dr. Lee Parton joined Boise State University in 2018 and is an associate professor in the Department of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from North Carolina State University and his B.S. as a double major in economics and information systems from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Dr. Parton’s research focuses on measuring and understanding the effects of environmental regulation and land use policy. He is currently working on several projects including measuring willingness to pay for public land use change, analyzing the distributional effects of random violence in communities and measuring producer responses to climate change policy uncertainty. Lee also has research interests in discrete choice experiments and environmental mandates as related to technological spillovers.
Education
Ph.D. Economics – North Carolina State University 2018
M.A. Economics – North Carolina State University
B.S. Economics, Information Systems; Minor Mathematics – University of North Carolina Wilmington 2013
Lee Parton's Reseach
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Wednesday Mar 20th, 2024
Unmasking outdoor preferences: an analysis of the effects of COVID-19 mandates on recreation behaviour in Idaho
Authors Sophie Croome, Lee C. Parton Abstract A number of studies have examined park visitation… -
Thursday Feb 1st, 2024
Bidding against the wind: A choice experiment in green energy, green jobs and offshore views in North Carolina, USA
Authors Lee C. Parton, Daniel J. Phaneuf, Laura O. Taylor, Sanja Lutzeyer Abstract Offshore wind… -
Friday Dec 1st, 2023
Moving to the country: Understanding the effects of Covid-19 on property values and farmland development risk
Authors Kelsey K. Johnson, Lee C. Parton, Christoph Nolte, Matt Williamson, Theresa Nogeire-McRaw, Jayash Paudel,… -
Tuesday Aug 1st, 2023
Measuring the effects of public land use change: An analysis of greenways in Raleigh, North Carolina
Author Lee C. Parton Abstract From 2010–2015 Wake County, NC, and the City of Raleigh,… -
Tuesday Mar 1st, 2022
Biofuels policy and innovation impacts: Evidence from biofuels and agricultural patent indicators
Authors Kelly P. Nelson, Lee C. Parton, Zachary S. Brown Abstract In the early 2000s,…