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G. Cornelis van Kooten

G. Cornelis van Kooten

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
53
Citations
9377
World Ranking
1200
National Ranking
32

Overview

G. Cornelis van Kooten is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of environmental science. Their work spans several subfields including global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, environmental engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as forest management and policy, environmental impact and sustainability, climate change policy and economics, forest ecology and management, economic and environmental valuation, energy, environment, and transportation policies, as well as forest biomass utilization and management.

Among recent scholarly publications by van Kooten are:

  • COVID-19 impacts on U.S. lumber markets, 2021, Forest Policy and Economics
  • Determining optimal forest rotation ages and carbon offset credits: Accounting for post-harvest carbon storehouses, 2023, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie

Additional recent papers connected to van Kooten's research circles include Wood product carbon substitution benefits: a critical review of assumptions (2021, Carbon Balance and Management), Measurement and economic valuation of carbon sequestration in Nova Scotian wetlands (2020, Ecological Economics), and Renewable electricity grids, battery storage and missing money (2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling).

Frequent co-authors in van Kooten's research network are:

  • Troy G. Schmitz
  • H. Carole Schmitz
  • Charles B. Moss
  • Andrew Schmitz

Van Kooten has published multiple works through the University of Toronto Press, including the books Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, Third Edition (2022) and Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis (2021).

Frequent publication venues for van Kooten's articles include SSRN Electronic Journal, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie, University of Toronto Press eBooks, Forest Policy and Economics, and Ecological Economics.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Carbon Taxes and Subsidies on Optimal Forest Rotation Age and Supply of Carbon Services

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;Clark S. Binkley;Gregg Delcourt

  • The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets

    G.C. van Kooten;E.H. Bulte

  • The economics of wind power with energy storage

    Liliana E. Benitez;Pablo C. Benitez;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • How Costly Are Carbon Offsets? A Meta-Analysis Of Carbon Forest Sinks

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;Alison J. Eagle;James G. Manley;Tara M. Smolak

  • How costly are carbon offsets? A meta-analysis of carbon forest sinks

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;Alison J. Eagle;James G. Manley;Tara M. Smolak

  • The ecological footprint: useful science or politics?

    G.C. van Kooten;E.H. Bulte

  • Private or self-regulation? A comparative study of forest certification choices in Canada, the United States and Germany

    Benjamin Cashore;G.Cornelis van Kooten;Ilan Vertinsky;Graeme Auld

  • Certification of Sustainable Forest Management Practices : a Global Perspective on Why Countries Certify

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;Harry W. Nelson;Ilan Vertinsky

  • Mosaic of reform: forest policy in post-1978 China

    Sen Wang;G Cornelis van Kooten;Bill Wilson

  • Uncertainty, Economics, and the Spread of an Invasive Plant Species

    Mark E. Eiswerth;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Economics of Antipoaching Enforcement and the Ivory Trade Ban

    Erwin H. Bulte;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Global wind power development: Economics and policies

    Govinda R. Timilsina;G. Cornelis van Kooten;Patrick A. Narbel

  • Economics of Forest Ecosystem Carbon Sinks: A Review

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;Brent Sohngen

  • CREATING CARBON OFFSETS IN AGRICULTURE THROUGH NO-TILL CULTIVATION: A META-ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND CARBON BENEFITS

    James G. Manley;G. Cornelis van Kooten;Klaus Moeltner;Dale W. Johnson

  • Treating respondent uncertainty in contingent valuation: A comparison of empirical treatments

    Sabina L. Shaikh;Lili Sun;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Land and Forest Economics

    G. C. Van Kooten;Henk Folmer

  • Preference Uncertainty in Non-Market Valuation: A Fuzzy Approach

    G. Cornelis van Kooten;G. Cornelis van Kooten;Emina Krcmar;Erwin H. Bulte

  • Forest Conservation in Costa Rica when Nonuse Benefits are Uncertain but Rising

    E.H. Bulte;D.P. van Soest;G.C. van Kooten;R.A. Schipper

  • The effect of climate change on optimal wetlands and waterfowl management in Western Canada

    Patrick Withey;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Policy analysis for tropical marine reserves: challenges and directions

    Murray A Rudd;Mark H Tupper;Henk Folmer;G C Van Kooten

  • Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach

    Pablo C. Benítez;Timo Kuosmanen;Roland Olschewski;G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Institutions, social capital and agricultural change in central and eastern Europe

    Louis H.G. Slangen;G.Cornelis van Kooten;G.Cornelis van Kooten;Pavel Suchánek

  • Economic Dynamics of Tree Planting for Carbon Uptake on Marginal Agricultural Lands

    G. Cornelis van Kooten

  • Managing forest and marginal agricultural land for multiple tradeoffs: compromising on economic, carbon and structural diversity objectives

    Emina Krcmar;G. Cornelis van Kooten;Ilan Vertinsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Erwin H. Bulte
Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research
Andrew Schmitz
Andrew Schmitz University of Florida
James R. Webb
James R. Webb Cleveland State University
Dale W. Johnson
Dale W. Johnson University of Nevada Reno
Alfons Weersink
Alfons Weersink University of Guelph
Timo Kuosmanen
Timo Kuosmanen Aalto University
Benjamin Cashore
Benjamin Cashore National University of Singapore
Peter C. Boxall
Peter C. Boxall University of Alberta
Steven T. Yen
Steven T. Yen National Taiwan University

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