Selected Journal Articles (139 in total)
2007
van Kooten, G.C. and B. Sohngen, 2007. Economics of Forest Carbon Sinks: A Review, International Review of Environmental & Resource Economics. In press.
Eagle, A.J., M. Eisworth, W. Johnson, S. Schoenig and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. Economic Impacts of Yellow Starthistle on California Ranches, Rangeland Ecology & Management. Accepted March 19.
Wang, S., C.T. DesRoches, L. Sun, B. Stennes, B. Wilson and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. Linking Forests and Economic Well-being: A Four-Quadrant Approach, Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. In press.
Benitez, L.E., P.C. Benitez and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. The Economics of Wind Power with Energy Storage, Energy Economics. In press.
van Kooten, G.C., A.J. Eagle and M.E. Eiswerth, 2007. Determinants of Threatened Sage Grouse in Northeastern Nevada, Human Dimensions of Wildlife 12(January/February): 53-70.
Bulte, E.H., R. DaMania and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. The Effects of One-Off Ivory Sales on Elephant Mortality, Journal of Wildlife Management 71(2): 613-618.
Shaikh, S., L. Sun and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. Are Agricultural Values a Reliable Guide in Determining Landowners' Decisions to Create Carbon Forest Sinks? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(February): 97-114.
Shaikh, S., L. Sun and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. Treating Respondent Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation: A Comparison of Empirical Treatments, Ecological Economics 62(1): 115-125.
2006
Krcmar, E., G.C. van Kooten, H. Nelson, I. Vertinsky and J. Webb, 2006. The Little Red River Cree First Nation's Forest Management Strategies Under a Changing Forestry Policy? The Forestry Chronicle 82(4 July/August): 529-537.
van Kooten, G.C., R.W. Thomsen and T. Hobby, 2006. Resolving Range Conflict in Nevada? The Potential for Compensation via Monetary Payouts and Grazing Alternatives, Review of Agricultural Economics 28(4 Winter): 515-530.
Biggs, J., S. Laaksonen-Craig, K. Niquidet and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Resolving Canada-U.S. Trade Disputes in Agriculture and Forestry: Lessons from Lumber, Canadian Public Policy XXXII(2 June): 143-155.
Mogus, A., B. Stennes and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Canada-US Softwood Lumber Trade Revisited: Examining the Role of Substitution Bias in the Context of a Spatial Price Equilibrium Framework, Forest Science 52(4 August): 411-421.
Niquidet, K. and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Transaction Evidence Appraisal: Competition in British Columbia’s Stumpage Markets, Forest Science 52(4 August): 451-459.
Nijnik, M. and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Forestry in the Ukraine: The Road Ahead: Reply, Forest Policy & Economics 8(1): 6-9.
Benítez, P.C., T. Kuosmanen, R. Olschewski and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(1): 1-15.
van Kooten, G.C., R. Thomsen, T. Hobby and A.J. Eagle, 2006. Social Dilemmas and Range Management in Nevada, Ecological Economics 57:709-723.
2005
Krcmar, E. and G.C. van Kooten, 2005. Boreal Forest Carbon Sequestration Strategies: A Case Study of Little Red River Cree First Nation Land Tenures, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 53 (2005): 325-341.
van Kooten, G.C., H.G. Nelson and I. Vertinsky, 2005. Certification of Sustainable Forest Management Practices: A Global Perspective on Why Countries Certify, Forest Policy & Economics (1): 1-15.
Krcmar, E., G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2005. Managing Forest and Marginal Agricultural Land for Multiple Tradeoffs: Compromising on Economic, Carbon and Structural Biodiversity Objectives, Ecological Modelling 185(July): 451-468.
Sun, L., G.C. van Kooten and G.M. Voss, 2005. Demand for Wildlife Hunting in British Columbia, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 53(March): 25-45.
Manley, J., G.C. van Kooten, K. Moeltner and D.W. Johnson, 2005. Creating Carbon Offsets in Agriculture through Zero Tillage: A Meta-Analysis of Costs and Carbon Benefits, Climatic Change 68(January): 41-65.
Cashore, B., G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky, G. Auld and J. Affolderbach, 2005. Private or Self-Regulation: A Comparative Study of Forest Certification Choices in Canada, the United States and Germany, Forest Policy & Economics 7(January): 53-69.
Thomassin, P.J., P. Atkinson, G. C. van Kooten and A. Weersink, 2005. The Potential Contribution of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors to Greenhouse Gas Management, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 53: 271-273.
2004
Roy, N. and G.C. van Kooten, 2004. Another Look at the Income Elasticity of Non-point Source Air Pollutants: A Semiparametric Approach, Economics Letters 85(February): 17-22.
van Kooten, G.C., A.J. Eagle, J. Manley and T. Smolak, 2004. How Costly are Carbon Offsets? A Meta-analysis of Carbon Forest Sinks, Environmental Science & Policy 7(4 August): 239-51.
2003
van Kooten, G.C., 2003. Smoke and Mirrors: The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politique 29(December): 397-415.
Krcmar, E., I. Vertinsky and G.C. van Kooten, 2003. Modeling Alternative Zoning Strategies in Forest Management, International Transactions of Operations Research 10(5): 483-498.
2002
van Kooten, G.C., S. Shaikh and P. Suchánek, 2002. Mitigating Climate Change by Planting Trees: The Transaction Costs Trap, Land Economics 78(November): 559-572.
van Kooten, G.C., 2002. Economic Analysis of the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Dispute: Playing the Quota Game, Forest Science 48(November): 712-721.
2001
Krcmar, E., B. Stennes, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2001. Carbon Sequestration and Land Management under Uncertainty, European Journal of Operational Research 135(December): 616-629.
van Kooten, G.C., E. Krcmar and E.H. Bulte, 2001. Preference Uncertainty in Nonmarket Valuation: A Fuzzy Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(August): 487-500.
Takahashi, T., M. Nakamura, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2001. Rising to the Kyoto Challenge: Is the Response of Canadian Industry Adequate? Journal of Environmental Management 63(2, October): 149-161.
2000
van Kooten, G.C., 2000. Economic Dynamics of Tree Planting for Carbon Uptake on Marginal Agricultural Lands, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 48(March): 51-65.
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 2000. The Ecological Footprint: Useful Science or Politics? Ecological Economics 32(3 March): 385-389.
1999
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 1999. How Much Primary Coastal Temperate Rainforest Should Society Retain? Carbon Uptake, Recreation and Other Values, Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(12): 1879-1890.
van Kooten, G.C., E. Krcmar-Nozic, B. Stennes and R. van Gorkom, 1999. Economics of Fossil Fuel Substitution and Wood Product Sinks when Trees are Planted to Sequester Carbon on Agricultural Lands in Western Canada, Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(11): 1669-1678.
Bulte, E.H. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Economic Science, Endangered Species, and Biodiversity Loss, Conservation Biology 14(February): 113-119.
Wang, S. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Silvicultural Contracting in British Columbia: A Transaction Cost Economics Analysis, Forest Science 45(2): 272-279.
Bulte, E.H. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Economics of Anti-Poaching Enforcement and the Ivory Trade Ban, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81(May): 453-466.
1997
Ells, A., E.H. Bulte and G.C. van Kooten, 1997. Uncertainty and Forest Land Use Allocation in British Columbia: Vague Priorities and Imprecise Coefficients, Forest Science 43(4): 509-520.
1995
van Kooten, G.C. and A. Scott, 1995. Constitutional Crisis, the Economics of Environment and Resource Development in Western Canada, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politique 21(June): 233-249.
van Kooten, G.C., C.S. Binkley and G. Delcourt, 1995. Effect of Carbon Taxes and Subsidies on Optimal Forest Rotation Age and Supply of Carbon Services, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(May): 365-374.
1993
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Preservation of Waterfowl Habitat in Western Canada: Is the North American Waterfowl Management Plan a Success? Nat. Res. Journal 33(Summer): 759-775.
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Bioeconomic Evaluation of Government Programs on Wetlands Conversion, Land Economics 69(February): 27-38.
1992
Krautkraemer, J.A., G.C. van Kooten and D.L. Young, 1992. Incorporating Risk Aversion into Dynamic Programming Models, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(November): 870-878.
van Kooten, G.C. and A. Schmitz, 1992. Preserving Waterfowl Habitat on the Canadian Prairies: Economic Incentives vs. Moral Suasion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(February): 79-89.
1990
van Kooten, G.C., W.P. Weisensel and D. Chinthammit, 1990. Valuing Tradeoffs between Net Returns and Stewardship Practices: The Case of Soil Conservation in Saskatchewan, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(February): 104-113.
1989
van Kooten, G.C. and K.F. Taylor, 1989. Measuring the Welfare Impacts of Government Regulation: The Case of Supply Management, Canadian Journal of Economics 22(November): 902-913.
1988
van Kooten, G.C., A. Schmitz and W.H. Furtan, 1988. The Economics of Storing a Non-Storable Commodity, Canadian Journal of Economics 21(August): 579-586.
Stabler, J.C., G.C. van Kooten and N. Meyer, 1988. Methodological Issues in Appraisal of Regional Resource Development Projects, The Annals of Regional Science 22(July): 13-25.
1985
van Kooten, G.C. and A. Schmitz, 1985. Commodity Price Stabilization: The Price Uncertainty Case, Canadian Journal of Economics 18(May): 426-434.
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Books
van Kooten, G.C., 2004. Climate Change Economics. Why International Accords Fail. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (167pp.)
van Kooten, G.C. and H. Folmer, 2004. Land and Forest Economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (533pp.)
Wang, S. and G.C. van Kooten, 2001. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. (201pp.)
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 2000. The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. (512pp.)
van Kooten, G.C., E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair (editors), 2000. Conserving Nature’s Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. (206pp.)
Wilson, B., G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky and L.M. Arthur (editors), 1998. Forest Policy: International Case Studies. Wallingford, UK: CABI. (273pp.)
Wossink, G.A.A., G.C. van Kooten and G.H. Peters (editors), 1998. The Economics of Agro–Chemicals: An International Overview of Use Patterns, Technical and Institutional Determinants, Policies and Perspectives. Aldershot, UK:
Ashgate.
(386pp.)
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development: Economic Policies and the Common Good. Vancouver: UBC Press. (450 pp.)
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Selected Chapters in Books (35 total)
Folmer, H. and G.C. van Kooten, 2007. Deforestation. Chapter 7 in Solving the World's Problems: The Benefits and Costs edited by B. Lomborg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Report of the Second Copenhagen Consensus). In press.
Krcmar, E., H. Nelson, G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky and J. Webb, 2007. Linking Social and Ecological Research for Sustainability: A First Nations’ Approach to Forest Management. In Native Forestry edited by David C. Natcher. Concord, ON: Captus. In press.
van Kooten, G.C., 2006. Economics of Forest and Agricultural Carbon Sinks. Chapter 19 in Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems (pp.375-395) edited by J.S. Bhatti, R. Lal, M.J. Apps and M.A. Price. Baton Roca, FL: Taylor & Francis.
van Kooten, G.C. and A.J. Eagle, 2005. Climate Change and Forest Ecosystem Sinks: Economic Analysis. Chapter 11 in Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources: Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management, Vol. 2. (pp.233-255) edited by S. Kant and R.A. Berry. Amsterdam: Kluwer.
Hardie, I.W., P.J. Parks and G.C. van Kooten, 2004. The Economics of Land Use at the Intensive and Extensive Margins. Chapter 3 in The International Yearbook of Environmental & Resource Economics 2004/2005. A Survey of Current Issues (pp.101-138) edited by T. Tietenberg and H. Folmer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
van Kooten, G.C., C.S. Binkley and G. Delcourt, 2003. Effect of Carbon Taxes and Subsidies on Optimal Forest Rotation Age and Supply of Carbon Services. Chapter 22 in Forest Economics (pp.363-372) edited by R. Sedjo. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. (Reprint of article with same title that appears in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 1995).
Rudd, M.A., H. Folmer and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. Economic Evaluation of Recreational Fishery Policies. In Evaluating Recreational Fisheries: An Ecological, Economic and Social Balance Sheet (pp.35-52) edited by T.J. Pitcher and C. Hollingworth. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science.
van Kooten, G.C., 2000. Biodiversity and Ethics: Religion, Science and Economics. Chapter 10 in Conserving Nature’s Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics (pp.143-159) edited by G.C. van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
van Kooten, G.C., R.A. Sedjo and E.H. Bulte, 1999. Tropical Deforestation: Issues and Policies. Chapter 5 in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 1999/2000 (pp.198-249) edited by H. Folmer and T. Tietenberg. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
van Kooten, G.C., 1999. Preserving Species without an Endangered Species Act: British Columbia’s Forest Practices Code. Chapter 4 in Topics in Environmental Economics (pp.63-82) edited by M. Boman, R. Brännlund and B. Kristrom. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.
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Work in Progress
van Kooten, G.C., 2006. Protecting the African Elephant: A Dynamic Spatial Price Equilibrium Model of Ivory Trade. Submitted to Biological Conservation, October.
Sun, L. and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Fuzzy Logic and Preference Uncertainty in Non-market Valuation. Submitted to Environmental & Resource Economics, October.
Prescott, R., G.C. van Kooten and H. Zhu, 2006. The Potential for Wind Energy Meeting Electricity Needs on Vancouver Island. Submitted to Energy & Environment, October.
Eiswerth, M.E., G.C. van Kooten and J.M. Lines, 2006. Dynamic Programming and Learning Models for Management of a Nonnative Species. Submitted to Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, September.
Gebreegziabher, Z., G.C. van Kooten and D.P. Van Soest, 2006. Land Degradation in Ethiopia: What do Stoves have to do with it? Re-submitted to Environment & Development Economics, May.
Sun, L., G.C. van Kooten and G.M. Voss, 2006. Divergence between WTA and WTP Revisited: Livestock Grazing on Public Range. Submitted to Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics.
Krcmar, E. and G.C. van Kooten, 2006. Forest Strategies for Sustainable Economic Development of a First Nation Community: Tradeoffs and Uncertainties. In preparation for submission to Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. (90% complete)
Krcmar, E., S. Mitrovic-Minic, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2006. Forest Management Zone Design with a Tabu Search Algorithm. In preparation for submission to Environmental Modeling & Software.
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Other Work
Nabuurs, G.J., O. Masera et al. (van Kooten, G.C. contributing author), 2006. Forestry. Chapter 9 in Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group III. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In preparation for release in late 2007.
van Kooten, G.C., 2006. A Lumber Quota, Dialogues: A Canada West Foundation Publication 2 (Winter 1): 31.
Stennes, B., et al. (van Kooten, G.C. contributing author), 2005. Forests in North America: Responding to Social, Economic and Ecological Pressures. Chapter 16 in Forests in the Global Balance – Changing Paradigms (pp.265-279), IURFRO World Series Volume 17, edited by G. Mery, R. Alfaro, M. Kannien and M. Lobovikov. Helsinki: International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
Sun, L. and G.C. van Kooten, 2005. Selected Paper Abstract: Fuzzy Logic and Preference Uncertainty in Non-market Valuation, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30(3): 620.
Eiswerth, M. and G.C. van Kooten, 2005. Organized Symposia Abstract: Economics of Invasive Weeds: Modeling and Data Issues, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30(3): 625.
Pitt, L., G.C. van Kooten, M. Love and N. Djihali, 2005. Utility-Scale Wind Power: Impacts of Increased Penetration. Paper No. IGEC-097 in Proceedings of the International Green Energy Conference, 12-16 June, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Liu, J., G.C. van Kooten and L. Pitt, 2005. Integrating Wind Power in Electricity Grids: An Economic Analysis. Paper No. IGEC-1-017 in Proceedings of the International Green Energy Conference, 12-16 June, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Bulte, E.H., G.C. van Kooten and T. Swanson, 2003. Economic Incentives and Wildlife Conservation. Paper prepared for the CITES Workshop on Economic Incentives and Trade Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 December. (Overhead Presentation). (37pp.) http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/economics.shtml
