Viktoria Kahui (nee Schneider)
 BSc
(Hons), MSc, PhD (Otago)
Viktoria’s main interest lies in the field of natural resource
economics and fishery economics in particular. In her PhD she applied
an empirical bioeconomic model to the paua fishery around Stewart
Island, New Zealand, simulating the effects of imposing a network
of no-take areas. More recently, she has focused on applying theoretical
bioeconomic models to capture the interdependency of renewable and
non-renewable resources, as well as broadening her research into
policy consideration regarding the effects of spatial closure on
New Zealand’s quota system, applying the Total Economic Value
(TEV) approach to one of Norway’s most pristine ecosystems
and investigating the wage elasticity of paua divers empirically.
She is currently teaching intermediate microeconomics and fourth
year natural resource economics.
Contact Details
Office CO718
Tel. 03 479 5278
Fax. 03 479 8174
Email: viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz
Current Teaching
Current Research Projects
Integrating spatial closure into the New Zealand quota system.
Integrating the total economic value of one of Norway’s most
pristine marine ecosystems into policy making (with Claire
Armstrong and Margrethe Aanesen, University of Tromso, Norway).
Labour supply of paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand (with
Hakan Eggert, University of Gothenburg, Sweden).
Fishing on cold water coral reefs: a bioeconomic model of fishery-habitat
connection (with Claire Armstrong, University of Tromso, Norway).
Refereed Publications
Foley, N., C.W. Armstrong, V. Kahui and T. Van Rensburg (forthcoming).
"Estimating linkages between redfish and cold water coral on
the Norwegian coast." Marine Resource Economics.
Armstrong, C.W., A.J. Grehan, V. Kahui, E. Mikkelsen, S. Reithe
and S. Van den Hove (2009). "Bioeconomic modelling and the
management of cold-water coral resources."Oceanography
(HERMES Special Issue Feature) 22(1): 87-91.
Kahui, V. and W.R.J. Alexander (2008). "A bioeconomic analysis
of marine reserves for paua (abalone) management at Stewart Island,
New Zealand." Environmental and Resource Economics
40(3): 339-367.
Grafton, R.Q., T. Kompas, and V. Schneider (2005). "The bioeconomics
of marine reserves: a selected review with policy implications."
Journal of Bioeconomics 7(2): 161-178.
Schneider, V. and D. Pearce (2004). "What saved the whales?
An economic analysis of 20th century whaling." Biodiversity
and Conservation 13: 543-562.
Kluwer author service: second most downloaded article as of 10 March
2004.
Consultancy
Armstrong, C.W., V. Kahui & M. Aanesen: "Økonomisk
verdsetting av havmiljø – Anvendelse på havområdene
i Lofoten-Vesterålen (Economic valuation of the coastal environment
– An application to the coast of Lofoten-Vesterålen,
Norway)." Report to the Department of Environment, Norway,
April 2008.
Brief of evidence of W. Robert J. Alexander in the case court case
of Jackson Bay Mussels Limited/Arawata Mussels Limited vs. the
West Coast Regional Council, January 2004. Contribution: Research
and compilation of evidence.
Schneider, V. and W.R.J. Alexander: "Economic assessment of
the NZ Marine Studies Centre at Portobello, Otago Peninsula."
Marine Studies Centre, November 2002.
Alexander, W.R.J. and V. Schneider: "Economic appraisal of
a proposed wildlife sanctuary at Orokonui." Orokonui Sanctuary,
Wellington, June 2002.
Alexander, W.R.J.: "The economic value of the Port of Otago
to its region." A report commissioned by Port Otago Limited,
September 2001. Contribution: A section on the valuation of environmental
goods.
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