Kurt Niquidet

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1 Kurt Niquidet Education Ph.D. (University of Groningen) Department of Economic Geography. Supervisor: Henk Folmer. M.A. (University of Victoria) Department of Economics. Supervisor: G.C. van Kooten. B.S.F. (University of British Columbia) Department of Forest Resource Management. Experience Senior Policy Advisor, Commodities, August 2016 to current. International Economic Analysis Department, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, ON. Manager, Industry, Trade & Economics Research, August 2013 to August Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC. Duties include: Lead, plan and conduct economic and socio-economic research studies relating to the sustainability and competitiveness of the Canadian forest sector. Manage multi-client and departmental collaborative research teams. Research Economist, March 2009 to August 2013, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC. Duties include: Conduct economics research on forest products markets and trade, forest industry competitiveness, the socio-economics of forest pests, and feedstock supply for bio-energy production (see publications below). Coordinator of CFS review of Enbridge Northern Gateway environmental assessment. Supervise co-op students. Prepare briefing notes, presentations, and short analyses for senior economists and policy makers. Adjunct Assistant Professor, July 2010 to June 2016, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. Duties include: Committee member for three Ph.D. students conducting research on forest management and the forest products trade and one Ph.D. student studying renewable energy policy. Research Associate, Dec to March 2009, Resource Economics and Policy Analysis Research Unit (REPA), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. Duties included: Researched the economics of bio-energy feedstock from pine beetle killed timber, and the integration of forest management and processing operations. Instructed 3 rd year Natural Resource Economics course. 1

2 Lecturer, Feb to Nov. 2007, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Duties included: Instructed courses in commercial forestry, forest economics and forest finance. Conducted research on the New Zealand log market (see publications below). Supervised graduate students. Managed the school s library allocation fund. Forester, May 2001 to May 2002, Makah Tribal Council, Neah Bay, WA, USA. Duties included: Developed and managed timber sale contracts. Reviewed forest inventory and forest engineering proposals. Supervised two forest technicians. Provided forest policy advice (e.g., Tribal forest management plan, pursuit of FSC certification). Publications Peer-reviewed: 1. Manley, B. and Niquidet, K How does real option value compare with Faustmann value when log prices follow fractional Brownian motion? Forest Policy and Economics 85: Sun, L. and Niquidet, K Elasticity of import demand for wood pellets by the European union. Forest Policy and Economics 81: Peter, B. and K. Niquidet Estimates of residual fibre supply and the impacts of new bioenergy capacity from a forest sector transportation model of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Forest Policy and Economics 69: Niquidet, K., J. Tang, and B. Peter Economic analysis of forest insect pests in Canada. The Canadian Entomologist doi: /tce Sun, L., J. Clapper, and K. Niquidet A panel data analysis of coastal log supply in British Columbia. Forest Science 61(4): Niquidet, K and D. Friesen Bioenergy potential from wood residuals in Alberta: a positive mathematical programming approach. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44(12): Niquidet, K. and J. Tang Elasticity of demand for Canadian logs and lumber in Asia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43(12): Niquidet, K., B. Stennes and G.C. van Kooten Bio-energy from mountain pine beetle timber and forest residuals: a cost analysis. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 60(2):

3 9. Niquidet, K., and L. Sun Do forest products prices display long memory? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 60(2): Niquidet, K., and L. Sun Shock persistence in Canada s forest products markets. The Forestry Chronicle 87(4): Niquidet, K., and B. Manley Testing for nonlinear spatial integration in roundwood markets. Forest Science 57(4): Niquidet, K. and H. Nelson Sawmill production in the interior of British Columbia: a stochastic ray frontier approach. Journal of Forest Economics 16(4): Niquidet, K Equity pricing in the forest sector: evidence from North American stock markets. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(5): Stennes, B., K. Niquidet and G.C. van Kooten Implications of expanding bioenergy opportunities from wood in British Columbia: an application of a regional wood fiber allocation model. Forest Science 56(4): Manley, B., and K. Niquidet What is the relevance of option pricing for forest valuation in New Zealand? Forest Policy and Economics 12(4): Niquidet, K., and G. O Kelly Forest-mill integration: a transaction cost perspective. Forest Policy and Economics 12(3): Niquidet, K., and B. Manley Regional integration in the New Zealand log market. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 38(2/3): Niquidet, K Revitalized? An event study of forest policy reform in British Columbia. Journal of Forest Economics 14(4): Niquidet, K., and B. Manley Price dynamics in the New Zealand log market. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 52: Niquidet, K., Nelson, H., and I. Vertinsky Pricing the social contract in the British Columbian forest sector. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37(11): Biggs, J., S. Laaksonen-Craig, K. Niquidet and G.C. van Kooten Resolving Canada- U.S. trade disputes in agriculture and forestry: lessons from lumber. Canadian Public Policy 32(2): Niquidet, K., and G.C. van Kooten Transaction Evidence Appraisal: Competition in British Columbia s Stumpage Markets. Forest Science 52(4):

4 Working Papers and Other Published Reports: 1. Stennes, B., K. Niquidet and G.C. van Kooten Modelling bioenergy uptake in the British Columbia fibre allocation and transport model. Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Centre Information Report BC-X Niquidet, K., B. Stennes and G.C. van Kooten Bio-energy from mountain pine beetle timber and forest residuals: the economics story. REPA working paper Nelson, H., K. Niquidet and I. Vertinsky Assessing the socio-economic impact of tenure changes in British Columbia. BC forum on forest economics and policy. Synthesis paper: SP Nelson, H., A. Krcmar, K. Niquidet, G.C. van Kooten and I. Vertinsky. Evaluating the socioeconomic impacts from expanding the use of auction systems for timber in B.C. Report prepared for the Forestry Innovative Investment Forest Research Program. Vancouver: FEPA Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Presentations and Posters 1. Niquidet, K. and B. Peter Estimates of residual fibre supply from a forest sector transportation model of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Invited Poster, FPInnovates Innovation and Technology Conference, Montreal, Quebec. 2. Niquidet, K. and B. Peter Estimates of residual fibre supply from a forest sector transportation model of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Joint Western Forest Economist/International Society of Forest Resource Economist meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia. 3. Niquidet, K. and L. Sun Do forest products prices display long memory? Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop, Charlotte, North Carolina. 4. Stennes, B. and K. Niquidet The economics of expanding bioenergy production from wood in BC: The results of modelling at the PFC. Canadian Institute of Forestry, National Electronic Lecture Series. 5. Niquidet, K An overview of the value of water in forest ecosystems. International Workshop on Wetlands Management, Economics and Policy, Victoria, British Columbia. 6. Niquidet, K., B. Stennes and G.C. van Kooten Implications of expanding bioenergy production in BC: An application of a regional wood fibre allocation model. Western Forest Economist Annual Meeting, Welches, Oregon. 4

5 7. Niquidet, K. B. Stennes and G.C. van Kooten Carbon taxes, carbon accounting and forest biomass burning for power generation in British Columbia. IUFRO Forest Sector Modelling Workshop, Seattle, Washington. 8. Niquidet, K. and G. O Kelly Forest mill integration: A transaction cost perspective. Western Forest Economist Annual Meeting, Welches, Oregon. 9. Niquidet, K. and G. O Kelly Regional log market integration in New Zealand. Western Forest Economist Annual Meeting, Welches, Oregon. 10. Niquidet, K., G.C. van Kooten and H. Nelson Are log markets competitive? A case study from the interior of British Columbia. Western Forest Economists Meeting, Welches, Oregon. Special Honors and Awards Forest Renewal British Columbia bursary winner for short-essay on innovative ideas in forestry (1997). Phillips Hager & North Ltd. Graduate Bursary University of Victoria (2003, 2004). University of Canterbury Visiting Erskine Fellowship (2013). Natural Resources Canada Science Policy Integration Merit Award (2014). For work on Northern Gateway Pipeline Environmental Assessment. Academic Service Research Supervision and Examination: University of Victoria, Department of Economics. Chair of Oral Examination, Jordan Clapper, MA University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry. External committee member, Mahsa Mojahednia, MSc University of Victoria, Department of Economics. Committee member, Craig Johnston, Ph.D University of Victoria, Department of Economics. Committee member. Devon Friesen, MA University of Victoria, Department of Geography. Committee member. Zach Xu, Ph.D. 5

6 University of Victoria, Department of Geography. Committee member. Amy Sopinka, Ph.D University of Victoria, Department of Geography. Committee member. Tim Bogle, Ph.D University of Canterbury, School of Forestry. External Examiner, Rosa Alzamora, Ph.D University of Canterbury, Department of Geography. Committee member, Mizna Mohamed, MSc University of Canterbury, School of Forestry. Primary Supervisor, Glen O Kelly, MForSc. Academic Journals: Associate Editor (Economics) Forest Science. July 2015 to July Associate Editor Journal of Forest Economics. November 2015 to current. Referee for the following journals: Energy, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Forest Science, Journal of Economic and Social Geography, Journal of Forest Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Forest Policy and Economics, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier (reviewed proposed forest ecosystem valuation textbook). 6