Catherine L. Kling (born 1960) is an

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, currently a Tisch University

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in the Dyson School of

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and Management and Faculty Director at the

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. In 2015, Kling was elected to the

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. Kling has conducted research in the areas of environmental policy design and the valuation of environmental goods. Until July 2018, Kling was the Charles F. Curtiss

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in Agriculture and Life Sciences at

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