PhD (Otago)
Tel +64 3 479 5278
Email viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz
Room 618, 6th Floor, Otago Business School
Viktoria specialises in natural resource and ecological economics.
Recent publications
Fielding, D., V. Kahui and D. Wesselbaum (2020). Visual imagination and the performance of undergraduate economics students. New Zealand Economic Papers. 54(2): 127-137.
Kahui, V. and A. Cullinane (2019). The ecosystem commons. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 43(3): 3380.
Howard, S., V. Kahui and J. Rock (2019). The opportunity cost of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) bycatch in a ling (Genypterus blacodus) long line fishery. Marine Policy 105: 38-43.
Etwire, P.M., D. Fielding and V. Kahui (2018). Climate change, crop selection and agricultural revenue in Ghana: a structural Ricardian analysis. Journal of Agricultural Economics. doi: 10.1111/1477-9552.12307
Kahui, V., B. Moyle and A. Brunell (2017). Alligator conservation and hunting efficiency. Natural Resource Modelling; DOI: 10.1111/nrm.12155
Armstrong, C.W., V. Kahui, G.W. Vondolia, M. Aanesen and M. Czajkowski (2017). Use and non-use values in an applied bioeconomic model of fisheries and habitat connections. Marine Resource Economics 32(4): 351-369.
Kahui, V., C.W. Armstrong and G.K. Vondolia (2016). Bioeconomic analysis of habitat-fishery connections - fishing on cold water coral reefs. Land Economics 92(2): 328-343.
Armstrong, C.W., Foley, N.S. and V. Kahui (2016). A production function analysis of fisheries and habitat - open access versus optimal management. Land Economics 92(4):760-771.
Kahui, V., C.W. Armstrong and N.S. Foley (2016). An international view on “Correcting the whimsies of US fisheries policy”. Choices 31(3):1-7.
Pascoe, S., T. Hutton, V. Kahui and C. Dichmont (2016). Experiences with the use of bioeconomic models in the management of Australian and New Zealand fisheries. Fisheries Research 183: 539-548.
O’Lyver, P.B., A. Akins, H. Phipps, V. Kahui, D. Towns and H. Moller (2016). Key biocultural values to guide restoration action and planning in New Zealand. Restoration Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/rec.12318
Viktoria’s CV
Teaching responsibilities
Viktoria’s teaching responsibilities include:
- ECON 201 Microeconomics
- ECON 207 Environmental Economics
- ECON 351 Special Topic: Economics of Households and Wellbeing
Publications
Kahui, V., Genç, M., Agarwal, N., & Lord, A. (2023). Zoom lecture attendance patterns during the 2020 lockdown in New Zealand. Applied Economics Letters, 30(8), 1130-1133. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2038774
Cojocaru, A. L., Liu, Y., Smith, M. D., Akpalu, W., Chávez, C., Dey, M. D., … Kahui, V., … Tran, N. (2022). The “seafood” system: Aquatic foods, food security, and the Global South. Review of Environmental Economics & Policy, 16(2), 306-326. doi: 10.1086/721032
Kahui, V. (2022). Giving waterways groups a role in regional freshwater policy. New Zealand Economic Papers. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2022.2150277
Mediodia, H. J., Noy, I. J., & Kahui, V. (2020). Effects of sea surface temperature on tuna catch of purse seine in Eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM). SI24A-1568. Retrieved from https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi
Fielding, D., Kahui, V., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). Visual imagination and the performance of undergraduate economics students. New Zealand Economic Papers, 54(2), 127-137. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2019.1708433
Kahui, V., Genç, M., Agarwal, N., & Lord, A. (2023). Zoom lecture attendance patterns during the 2020 lockdown in New Zealand. Applied Economics Letters, 30(8), 1130-1133. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2038774
Journal - Research Article
Cojocaru, A. L., Liu, Y., Smith, M. D., Akpalu, W., Chávez, C., Dey, M. D., … Kahui, V., … Tran, N. (2022). The “seafood” system: Aquatic foods, food security, and the Global South. Review of Environmental Economics & Policy, 16(2), 306-326. doi: 10.1086/721032
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V. (2022). Giving waterways groups a role in regional freshwater policy. New Zealand Economic Papers. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2022.2150277
Journal - Research Article
Fielding, D., Kahui, V., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). Visual imagination and the performance of undergraduate economics students. New Zealand Economic Papers, 54(2), 127-137. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2019.1708433
Journal - Research Article
Etwire, P. M., Fielding, D., & Kahui, V. (2019). Climate change, crop selection and agricultural revenue in Ghana: A structural Ricardian analysis. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70(2), 488-506. doi: 10.1111/1477-9552.12307
Journal - Research Article
Howard, S., Kahui, V., & Rock, J. (2019). The opportunity cost of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) bycatch in a ling (Genypterus blacodes) longline fishery. Marine Policy, 105, 38-43. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.04.005
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V., Moyle, B., & Brunell, A. M. (2018). Alligator conservation and hunting efficiency. Natural Resource Modeling, 31(2), e12155. doi: 10.1111/nrm.12155
Journal - Research Article
Armstrong, C. W., Vondolia, G. K., Aanesen, M., Kahui, V., & Czajkowski, M. (2017). Use and non-use values in an applied bioeconomic model of fisheries and habitat connections. Marine Resource Economics, 32(4), 351-369. doi: 10.1086/693477
Journal - Research Article
Armstrong, C. W., Foley, N. S., & Kahui, V. (2016). A production function analysis of fisheries and habitat: Open access versus optimal management. Land Economics, 92(4), 760-771. doi: 10.3368/le.92.4.760
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V., Armstrong, C. W., & Vondolia, G. K. (2016). Bioeconomic analysis of habitat-fishery connections: Fishing on cold water coral reefs. Land Economics, 92(2), 328-343. doi: 10.3368/le.92.2.328
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V., Armstrong, C., & Foley, N. (2016). An international view on “correcting the whimsies of U.S. fisheries policy”. Choices, 31(3). Retrieved from http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/an-international-view-on-correcting-the-whimsies-of-us-fisheries-policy
Journal - Research Article
Lyver, P. O., Akins, A., Phipps, H., Kahui, V., Towns, D. R., & Moller, H. (2016). Key biocultural values to guide restoration action and planning in New Zealand. Restoration Ecology, 24(3), 314-323. doi: 10.1111/rec.12318
Journal - Research Article
Pascoe, S., Kahui, V., Hutton, T., & Dichmont, C. (2016). Experiences with the use of bioeconomic models in the management of Australian and New Zealand fisheries. Fisheries Research, 183, 539-548. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.01.008
Journal - Research Article
Chhun, S., Kahui, V., Moller, H., & Thorsnes, P. (2015). Advancing marine policy toward ecosystem-based management by eliciting public preferences. Marine Resource Economics, 30(3), 261-275. doi: 10.1086/681052
Journal - Research Article
Hale, T., Kahui, V., & Farhat, D. (2015). A modified production possibility frontier for efficient forestry management under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, 59, 116-132. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12047
Journal - Research Article
Armstrong, C. W., Foley, N. S., Kahui, V., & Grehan, A. (2014). Cold water coral reef management from an ecosystem service perspective. Marine Policy, 50(Part A), 126-134. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.05.016
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V., & Richards, A. C. (2014). Lessons from resource management by indigenous Maori in New Zealand: Governing the ecosystems as a commons. Ecological Economics, 102, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.03.006
Journal - Research Article
Aanesen, M., Armstrong, C. W., & Kahui, V. (2013). Økonomisk verdsetting av havmiljø [Economic value of marine cost]. Samfunnsøkonomen, 127(4), 72-81.
Journal - Research Article
Eggert, H., & Kahui, V. (2013). Reference-dependent behaviour of paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand. Applied Economics, 45(12), 1571-1582. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2011.631896
Journal - Research Article
DeMers, A., & Kahui, V. (2012). An overview of Fiji's fisheries development. Marine Policy, 36(1), 174-179. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.001
Journal - Research Article
Foley, N. S., Armstrong, C. W., Kahui, V., Mikkelsen, E., & Reithe, S. (2012). A review of bioeconomic modelling of habitat-fisheries interactions. International Journal of Ecology, 2012, 861635. doi: 10.1155/2012/861635
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V. (2011). A bioeconomic model for Hooker’s sea lion bycatch in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, 56(1), 22-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00566.x
Journal - Research Article
Foley, N. S., Kahui, V., Armstrong, C. W., & van Rensburg, T. M. (2010). Estimating linkages between redfish and cold water coral on the Norwegian coast. Marine Resource Economics, 25(1), 105-120.
Journal - Research Article
Armstrong, C. W., Grehan, A. J., Kahui, V., Mikkelsen, E., Reithe, S., & van den Hove, S. (2009). Bioeconomic modeling and the management of cold-water coral resources. Oceanography, 22(1), 86-91.
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V., & Alexander, W. R. J. (2008). A bioeconomic analysis of marine reserves for paua (abalone) management at Stewart Island, New Zealand. Environmental & Resource Economics, 40(3), 339-367.
Journal - Research Article
Kahui, V. (2015). [Review of the book Economics of the oceans: Rights, rents and resources]. Marine Resource Economics, 30(1), 121-122. doi: 10.1086/679472
Journal - Research Other
Mediodia, H. J., Noy, I. J., & Kahui, V. (2020). Effects of sea surface temperature on tuna catch of purse seine in Eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM). SI24A-1568. Retrieved from https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Chhun, S., Moller, H., Thorsnes, P., & Kahui, V. (2012). Public and ethnic preferences and values of marine ecosystem attributes: Results from a choice experiment in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: 'Connecting Landscapes'. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.nzgs.co.nz/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Lovelock, B., Kahui, V., & O'Sullivan, O. (2012). Ethical recreation? Applying an ethical decision-making framework to the case of heli-hunting in New Zealand. In P. Fredman, M. Stenseke, H. Liljendahl, A. Mossing & D. Laven (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV): Outdoor Recreation in Change: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges. (pp. 332-333). Retrieved from http://www.mmv2012.se/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kahui, V. (2011). A bioeconomic model for Hooker's sea lion bycatch in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Conference: Understanding, Managing, and Conserving our Marine Environment. (pp. 14). Retrieved from http://nzmss.org/assets/Conference/NZMSS2011AbstractsOralPresentations.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Foley, N., Armstrong, C. W., Chen, X., Kahui, V., Mikkelsen, E., Reithe, S., & Kaspersen, I. W. (2011). Report on coral-fisheries interactions: Theoretical and applied bioeconomic analysis. Commissioned by European Commission. 74p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Phipps, H., Akins, A., Moller, H., Lyver, P., Kahui, V., & Towns, D. (2011). Cross-cultural values for restoring coastal forest ecosystems in New Zealand. Commissioned by Department of Conservation. Dunedin, New Zealand: Landcare Research. 102p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Armstrong, C. W., Kahui, V., & Aanesen, M. (2008). Economic valuation of the coastal environment: An application to the coast of Lofoten-Vesterålen [Translation of Økonomisk verdsetting av havmiljø: Anvendelse på havområdene i Lofoten-Vesterålen]. Commissioned by Department of Environment, Norway. 72p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Alexander, W. R. J., & Schneider, V. (2002). Economic appraisal of a proposed wildlife sanctuary at Orokonui. Commissioned by Resource Monitor Trust, Dunedin. Dunedin: Resource Monitor Trust, Dunedin. 17p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Schneider, V., & Alexander, W. R. J. (2002). Economic Assessment of the NZ Marine Studies Centre at Portobello, Otago Peninsula. Commissioned by New Zealand Marine Studies Centre. Dunedin: New Zealand Marine Studies Centre. 25p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Etwire, P. M., Fielding, D., & Kahui, V. (2017). The impact of climate change on crop production in Ghana: A structural Ricardian analysis [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1706]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 34p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7266
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Kahui, V., & Armstrong, C. W. (2012). Search and destroy: A bioeconomic analysis of orange roughy fisheries on seamounts in New Zealand [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1201]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 25p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Lovelock, B., Kahui, V., & O'Sullivan, O. (2012). Estimating the value of helicopter-assisted guided hunting. University of Otago, Dunedin: Centre for Recreation Research, School of Business. 26p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Eggert, H., & Kahui, V. (2011). Reference-dependent behaviour of paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand [Working Paper No. 513]. Gothenburg, Sweden: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. 44p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Kahui, V., & Armstrong, C. W. (2009). Comment: The economics of interdependent renewable and non-renewable resources revisited [Economics Discussion Papers: No. 0904]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 16p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Armstrong, C. W., Kahui, V., & Aanesen, M. (2008). Economic valuation of the coastal environment: An application to the coast of Lofoten-Versterålen, Norway [Working Paper Series in Economics and Management, No. 7.8, December 2008]. Tromsø, Norway: Department of Economics and Management, University of Tromsø. 25p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Kahui, V., & Armstrong, C. W. (2008). Fishing on cold water coral reefs: A bioeconomic model of habitat-fishery connections [Working Paper No. 06/08]. Norway: Department of Economics and Management, University of Tromsø. 27p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Kahui, V. (2011, March). Economic incentives for sea lion by-catch in New Zealand. EcoNZ@Otago, 26, 7-8. Retrieved from http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/econ/econz/. [Other Research Output].
Other Research Output
Aanesen, M., Armstrong, C. W., & Kahui, V. (2009, October). The economic value of a Norwegian marine paradise. EcoNZ@Otago, 23, 1-4. Retrieved from http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/econ/econz. [Other Research Output].
Other Research Output
Schneider, V. & Pearce, D. (2004, July). What saved the whales from extinction? An economic analysis of 20th century whaling. EcoNZ@Otago, (13), 1-3. Retrieved from http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/econ/econz. [Other Research Output].
Other Research Output
Schneider, V. (2005, February). Paua to the people! How might paua divers respond to marine reserves? EcoNZ@Otago, (14), 1-3. Retrieved from http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/econ/econz. [Other Research Output].
Other Research Output
Schneider, V. (2006). A bioeconomic analysis of marine reserves for paua (abalone) management at Stewart Island, New Zealand (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 289p.
Awarded Doctoral Degree