G. Cornelis van Kooten

Department of Economics
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2
E-mail: kooten@uvic.ca
Phone: (250) 721-8539   Fax: (250) 721-6214
Communications Research Centre | Canada Research Chair Program | Forest Economics & Policy Analysis Research Unit |

Biographical Information

Present Position:

Professor and 
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate Change
Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Other Appointments:

Professor (Courtesy), Agricultural Economics & Rural Policy
Department of Social Sciences, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

Co-Directory, FEPA Research Unit
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Citizenship:

Dutch & Canadian
Class Pages
ECON 431 - Test Class Link ECON 572 - Test Class Link SUBJ 101 - Test Class Link SUBJ 101 - Test Class Link SUBJ 101 - Test Class Link

Education

Undergraduate:

B.Sc. (with distinction), (Geophysics), University of Alberta, 1972

Graduate:

M.A. (Economics), University of Alberta, 1974
Ph.D. (Agricultural and Resource Economics), Oregon State University, 1982.

Professional memberships:

American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society (CAEFMS)
Canadian Association of Forest Economists (CAFE); Western Association of Forest Economists
Association of Christian Economics (ACE)
Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA)

Academic or professional awards and distinctions:

NAKE Fellow, Economic Graduate Faculties of Dutch Universities, The Netherlands, since 2001
Member of the Mansholt Graduate Institute, Wageningen University, since 1999
Mansholt Sabbatical Fellowship, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., 1995-96
CAEFMS Outstanding Journal Article Honorable Mention (1991) (with John Spriggs)
CAEFMS Outstanding Journal Article Award (1989)
Promoted to Full Professor during leave from University Saskatchewan, 1988/89
Deloach Graduate Fellowship, Oregon State Univ. 1981
Canada Council Fellowship, 1974-75
Hudson Bay Oil and Gas Company Bursary in Geology, 1969-72
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, 1969-70

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:
van Kooten, G.C., S. Shaikh and P. Suchánek, 2002. Mitigating Climate Change by Planting Trees: The Transaction Costs Trap, Land Economics 78(November): In press.
van Kooten, G.C., 2002. Economic Analysis of the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Dispute: Playing the Quota Game, Forest Science 48(May): In Press.
Bulte, E.H., D.P. van Soest, G.C. van Kooten and R. Schipper, 2002. Forest Conservation in Costa Rica: Optimal Forest Stocks under Uncertainty and Rising Nonuse Benefits, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 84(February): 150-60.
Krcmar, E., B. Stennes, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2001. Carbon Sequestration and Land Management under Uncertainty, European J. of Operational Research 135(December): 616-29.
van Kooten, G.C., E. Krcmar and E.H. Bulte, 2001. Preference Uncertainty in Nonmarket Valuation: A Fuzzy Approach, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 83(August): 487-500.
van Kooten, G.C., 2000. Economic Dynamics of Tree Planting for Carbon Uptake on Marginal Agricultural Lands, Can. J. of Agric. Econ. 48(March): 51-65.
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 2000. The Ecological Footprint: Useful Science or Politics? Ecological Econ. 32(3 March): 385-89.
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 1999. How Much Primary Coastal Temperate Rainforest Should Society Retain? Carbon Uptake, Recreation and Other Values, Can. J. of Forest Research 29(12): 1879-90.
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, Can. J. of Forest Research 29(11): 1669-78.
Bulte, E.H. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Economic Science, Endangered Species, and Biodiversity Loss, Conservation Biology 14(February): 113-19.
Wang, S. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Silvicultural Contracting in British Columbia: A Transaction Cost Economics Analysis, Forest Science 45(2): 272-79.
Bulte, E.H. and G.C. van Kooten, 1999. Economics of Anti-Poaching Enforcement and the Ivory Trade Ban, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 81(May): 453-66.
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): 509-20.
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): 233-49.
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, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 77(May): 365-774.
Vercammen, J. and G.C. van Kooten, 1994. Moral Hazard Cycles and Individual-Coverage Crop Insurance, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 76(May): 250-61.
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Preservation of Waterfowl Habitat in Western Canada: Is the North American Waterfowl Management Plan a Success? Nat. Res. J. 33(Summer): 759-75.
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Bioeconomic Evaluation of Government Programs on Wetlands Conversion, Land Economics 69(February): 27-38.
Krautkraemer, J.A., G.C. van Kooten and D.L. Young, 1992. Incorporating Risk Aversion into Dynamic Programming Models, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 74(November): 870-78.
van Kooten, G.C. and A. Schmitz, 1992. Preserving Waterfowl Habitat on the Canadian Prairies: Economic Incentives vs. Moral Suasion, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 74(February): 79-89.
van Kooten, G.C., 1990. Measuring the Welfare Costs of Supply Management: The Role of Indirect Benefits in Program Evaluation, European Review of Agric. Econ. 17(1): 57-67.
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, Am. J. of Agric. Econ. 72(February): 104-113.
van Kooten, G.C. and K.F. Taylor, 1989. Measuring the Welfare Impacts of Government Regulation: The Case of Supply Management, Can. J. of Economics 22(November): 902-913.
van Kooten, G.C., 1988. Economic Impacts of Supply Management: Review and Comparison of Alternative Measures of Consumer Welfare Loss, Can. J. of Agric. Econ. 36(November): 425-441. (CAEFMS Outstanding Journal Article)
van Kooten, G.C., A. Schmitz and W.H. Furtan, 1988. The Economics of Storing a Non-Storable Commodity, Can. J. of Economics 21(August): 579-86.
Stabler, J.C., G.C. van Kooten and N. Meyer, 1988. Methodological Issues in Appraisal of Regional Resource Development Projects, The Annals of Regional Sci. 22(July): 13-25.
van Kooten, G.C. and A. Schmitz, 1985. Commodity Price Stabilization: The Price Uncertainty Case, Can. J. of Economics 18(May): 426-34.
 

Books:

Wang, S. and G.C. van Kooten, 2001. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (201pp.)
van Kooten, G.C. and E.H. Bulte, 2000. The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers. (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 Publishing. (206pp.)
Wilson, B., G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky and L.M. Arthur (editors), 1998. Forest Policy: International Case Studies. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. (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.)
 

Chapters in Books:

van Kooten, G.C., 2003. Economic Aspects. Chapter 10 in Climate Change in Canada (pp.?? -??) edited by H. Coward and A. Weaver. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press.
Livingston, N.J. and G.C. van Kooten, 2003. Terrestrial Carbon Sinks and Climate Mitigation. Chapter 5 in Climate Change in Canada (pp.?? -??) edited by H. Coward and A. Weaver. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press.
Cohen, S., B. Bass, D. Etkin, B. Jones, J. Lacroix, B. Mills, L. Mortsch, D. Scott and G.C. van Kooten, 2003. Regional Adaptation Strategies. Chapter 8 in Climate Change in Canada (pp.?? -??) edited by H. Coward and A. Weaver. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press.
van Kooten, G.C., E. Krcmar and P.J. Graham, 2002. The Role of Forestry in Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Production. Chapter ?? in edited by E. van Ireland and A. Oude-Landsing. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. In press.
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., E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair, 2000. Introduction: Conserving Biological Diversity. Chapter 1 in Conserving Nature's Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics (pp.1-8) edited by G.C. van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
Krcmar-Nozic, E., G.C. van Kooten and B. Wilson, 2000. Threat to Biodiversity: The Invasion of Exotic Species. Chapter 6 in Conserving Nature's Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics (pp.68-87) edited by G.C. van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
Bulte, E.H., D.P. van Soest and G.C. van Kooten, 2000. Economics, Endangered Species and Biodiversity Loss: The Dismal Science in Practice. Chapter 9 in Conserving Nature's Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics (pp.123-42) edited by G.C. van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
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.143-59) edited by G.C. van Kooten, E.H. Bulte and A.E.R. Sinclair. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
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 Academic Publishers.
van Kooten, G.C. and I. Vertinsky, 1998. Introduction: Framework for Forest Policy Comparisons. Chapter 1 in Forest Policy: International Case Studies (pp.1-22) edited by B. Wilson, G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky, and L.M. Arthur. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
van Kooten, G.C., I. Vertinsky and B. Wilson, 1998. Sweden. Chapter 7 in Forest Policy: International Case Studies (pp.155-85) edited by B. Wilson, G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky, and L.M. Arthur. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
van Kooten, G.C., I. Vertinsky and B. Wilson, 1998. Finland. Chapter 8 in Forest Policy: International Case Studies (pp.187-213) edited by B. Wilson, G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky, and L.M. Arthur. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
Wossink, G.A.A., G.H. Peters and G.C. van Kooten, 1998. Introduction to Agro-chemicals Use. Chapter 1 in Economics of Agro-Chemicals (pp.1-18) edited by G.A.A. Wossink, G.C. van Kooten and G.H. Peters. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
van Kooten, G.C., 1998. Benefits of Improving Water Quality in South-western British Columbia: An Application of Economic Valuation Methods. Chapter 22 in Economics of Agro-Chemicals (pp.295-311) edited by G.A.A. Wossink, G.C. van Kooten and G.H. Peters. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
van Kooten, G.C. and H. Folmer, 1997. Economic Instruments and the Pasture-Crop-Forest Interface. Chapter 9 in Climate-change Mitigation and European Land-use Policies, (pp.113-128) edited by W.N. Adger, D. Pettenella and M. Whitby. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.
van Kooten, G.C., A. Grainger, E. Ley, G. Marland and B. Solberg, 1997. Conceptual Issues Related to Carbon Sequestration: Uncertainty and Time. In Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry (pp.S65-82) edited by R.A. Sedjo, R.N. Sampson and J. Wisniewski. Boca Raton, FA: Lewis Publishers (CRC Press).
Thompson, W.A., G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 1997. Assessing Timber and Non-Timber Values using a General Equilibrium Framework. In Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry (pp.S351-64) edited by R.A. Sedjo, R.N. Sampson and J. Wisniewski. Boca Raton, FA: Lewis Publishers (CRC Press).
Barichello, R.R., R.M. Porter and G.C. van Kooten, 1995. Institutions, Economic Incentives and Sustainable Rural Land Use in British Columbia. Chapter 2 in Managing Natural Resources in British Columbia. Markets, Regulations, and Sustainable Development (pp.7-53) edited by A. Scott, J. Robinson and D. Cohen. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Binkley, C.S. and G.C. van Kooten, 1994. Integrating Climatic Change and Forests: Economic and Ecological Assessments. In Assessing the Impacts of Climatic Change on Natural Resource Systems (pp.91-110) edited by K.D. Frederick and N.J. Rosenberg. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (Also in Climatic Change 28(October): 91-110.)
van Kooten, G.C., 1993. Effective Economic Mechanisms: Efficiency and Ethical Considerations. Chapter 8 in Ethics and Climate Change: The Greenhouse Effect (pp.233-47) edited by H. Coward and T. Hurka. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press.
van Kooten, G.C., W.A. Thompson and I. Vertinsky, 1993. Economics of Reforestation in British Columbia When Benefits of CO2 Reduction are Taken into Account. Chapter 12 in Forestry and the Environment: Economic Perspectives (pp.227-47) edited by W.L. Adamowicz, W. White and W.E. Phillips. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.
Thompson, W.A., P.H. Pearse, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 1992. Rehabilitating the Backlog of Unstocked Forest Lands in British Columbia: A Preliminary Simulation Analysis of Alternative Strategies. Chapter 4 in Emerging Issues in Forest Policy (pp.99-130) edited by Peter N. Nemetz. Vancouver: UBC Press. (Also in J. of Bus. Admin. 20: 99-130.)
Schmitz, A., G.C. van Kooten and W.H. Furtan, 1988. Issues in Commodity Trade: Implications for Natural Resources. Chapter 10 in Agricultural Trade and Natural Resources: Discovering the Critical Linkages (pp.195-216) edited by J.D. Sutton. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
 

Work in Progress:

van Kooten, G.C., P.J. Parks and I. Hardy, 2002. Economics of Land Use. In preparation for International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics.
Krcmar, E., I. Vertinsky and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. Managing for Multiple Benefits: Zoning versus Integrated Forest Management. Submitted to International Transactions in Operations Research (April) 19pp.
van Kooten, G.C. and M.E. Eiswerth, 2002. When is a Species Endangered? Policy Insights from Bioeconomic Modeling. Submitted to ?? (October)
van Kooten, G.C., HG. Nelson and I. Vertinsky, 2002. Certification of Sustainable Forest Management Practices: A Global Perspective on Why Countries Certify. FEPA Working Paper, University of Victoria. 17pp.
Wang, S. and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. The Mosaic of Reform: Forest Policy in Post-1978 China. Submitted to Forest Policy & Economics (September, Resubmission). 27pp.
Takahashi, T., G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky, 2002. Seeking Forest Certification: An Empirical Analysis of Canadian Forest Companies' Intentions. Submitted to Canadian J. of Forest Research (June 14) 30pp.
Moeltner, K. and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. Economic Drivers of Voluntary Environmental Action: The Case of Forest Certification. Submitted to J. of Agric. & Resource Economics. (August) 24pp.
Manley, J., K. Moeltner and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. How Costly are Carbon Offsets? A Meta-analysis of Carbon Forest Sinks. In preparation. 24pp.
Manley, J., G.C. van Kooten, K. Moeltner and D.W. Johnson, 2002. Creating Carbon Offsets in Agriculture through Zero Tillage: A Meta-Analysis of Costs and Carbon Benefits. Submitted to Climatic Change (June)
Cashore, B., G.C. van Kooten, I. Vertinsky, G. Auld and J. Affolderbach, 2002. Private or Self-Regulation: A Comparative Study of Forest Certification Choices in Canada, the United States and Germany. Submitted to Forest Policy & Economics. (August) 32pp.
Rudd, M.A., M.H. Tupper, H. Folmer and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. The Economics and Governance of Marine Protected Areas: An Institutional Perspective on Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Tropics, Submitted to Fish & Fisheries (January 27).
Slangen, L.H.G., G.C. van Kooten and P. Suchánek, 2002. Do Institutions and Social Capital Contribute to Agricultural Success in Central and Eastern Europe? Submitted to Am. J. of Agric. Econ. (May). 32pp.
Slangen, L.H.G., P. Suchánek and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. Trust in Countries in Transition: Empirical Evidence from Agriculture. Submitted to Agricultural Economics (June). 27pp.
Bogdanski, B.E.C., G.C. van Kooten and C.S. Binkley, 2002. Spatial Richness in Multiple Use Forestry. Submitted to Forest Science (May).
Krcmar, E. and G.C. van Kooten, 2000. Fuzzy Logic and Non-market Valuation: A Comparison of Methods. Submitted to Ecological Economics (July)
Rudd, M.A., M.H. Tupper, H. Folmer and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. The Economics and Governance of Marine Protected Areas: An Institutional Perspective on Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in the Tropics. Mansholt Institute Working Paper, Wageningen University, Netherlands. 52pp.
Livingston, N. and G.C. van Kooten, 2001. The Role of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Mitigating Climate Change. In preparation for chapter in book on climate change edited by H. Coward and A. Weaver.
Krcmar, E. and G.C. van Kooten, 2001. Timber, Carbon Uptake and Structural Diversity Tradeoffs in Forest Management. In preparation for submission.
Suchánek, P., S. Shaikh and G.C. van Kooten, 2002. Carbon Incentive Mechanisms and Land-Use Implications for Canadian Agriculture. In preparation for submission
Bhatti, J., G.C. van Kooten, L.D. Laird, M.J. Apps, I.D. Campbell, C. Campbell, M.R. turetsky, Z. Yu and E. Banfield, 2003. Carbon Balance and Climate Change. Chapter 20 in Toward Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest (pp. ??) edited by W.L. Adamowicz, P. Burton, C. Messier and D. Smith. Ottawa: NRC Research Press.
van Kooten, G.C. and H. Folmer, 2001. Land and Forest Economics. Vancouver: UBC Press. (Tentatively accepted for publication; draft due late 2002)