Dr Viktoria Kahui, Our people, Department of Economics

PhD (Otago)

Tel +64 3 479 5278
Email viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz
Room 618, 6th Floor, Otago Business School

Viktoria specialises in environmental and ecological economics.

Viktoria's CV

Teaching responsibilities

Viktoria's teaching responsibilities include:

Publications

Kahui, V. (2025). Local opposition to landfill siting in a coastal community in Aotearoa–New Zealand: Measuring stakeholder efforts, costs and power imbalance. Local Environment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2025.2471007 Journal - Research Article

Lacheheb, M., Noy, I., & Kahui, V. (2024). Marine heatwaves and commercial fishing in New Zealand. Science of the Total Environment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176558 Journal - Research Article

Mediodia, H. J., Noy, I., & Kahui, V. (2024). The impact of ocean warming on selected commercial fisheries in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12564 Journal - Research Article

Kahui, V., Armstrong, C. W., & Aanesen, M. (2024). Comparative analysis of Rights of Nature (RoN) case studies worldwide: Features of emergence and design. Ecological Economics, 221, 108193. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108193 Journal - Research Article

Mediodia, H. J., Kahui, V., & Noy, I. (2023). Sea surface temperature and tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean under climate change. Marine Resource Economics, 38(4), 329-351. doi: 10.1086/726023 Journal - Research Article

2025

Journal - Research Article

2024

Journal - Research Article

Lacheheb, M., Noy, I., & Kahui, V. (2024). Marine heatwaves and commercial fishing in New Zealand. Science of the Total Environment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176558

2023

Journal - Research Article

Walton, S., Lord, J. M., Lord, A. J., & Kahui, V. (2023). Conflicts between being a “good farmer” and freshwater policy: A New Zealand case study [In the field report]. Agriculture & Human Values. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10460-023-10471-1

Kahui, V. (2023). Giving waterways groups a role in regional freshwater policy. New Zealand Economic Papers, 57(2), 87-92. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2022.2150277

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

2022

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

2020

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

2019

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

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

2018

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

2017

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

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

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

2016

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

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

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

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

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

2015

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

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 Other

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

2014

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

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

2013

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.

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

2012

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

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

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/

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/

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.

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.

2011

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

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

Commissioned Report for External Body

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.

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.

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.

Other Research Output

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].

2010

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.

2009

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.

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.

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].

2008

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.

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.

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.

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.

2006

Awarded Doctoral Degree

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.

2004

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].

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].

2002

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.

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.