• Associate Professor, Resource Economics & Development and Natural Resources

Research

"Resident Owned Manufactured Housing Communities in New Hampshire: A Study of Outcomes" Funded by the Ford Foundation

"Local and State Resident Attitudes Towards a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound" Funded by the UNH Agricultural Experiment Station

"Made in New Hampshire - An Analysis of Consumer Preferences"

"Economic Values of Agricultural Land Preservation and Open Space" Funded by the UNH Agricultural Experiment Station

"How has E-Commerce Effected Small New Hampshire Businesses?" Funded by the UNH Agricultural Experiment Station

Graduate Students

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• NR 643: Economics of Forestry

View Natural Resources undergraduate course descriptions
View Natural Resources graduate course descriptions

Selected Publications

Poe, G., K. Giraud and J. Loomis (2003). "Computational Methods for Measuring the Difference of Empirical Distributions". Forthcoming, American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Giraud, K., B. Turcin, J. Loomis and J. Cooper (2002). "Economic Benefit of the Protection Program for the Steller Sea Lion". Marine Policy 26(6):451-458.

Milner, L. , M. Herrmann, K. Giraud, M. Skogen Baker, R. Hiser (2002) "International Sport Fishing: The Case of the German Angler in Alaska". Tourism Analysis, 7(4)

Giraud, K. and M. Herrmann (2002). "Classroom Games: The Allocation of Renewable Resources Under Different Property Rights and Regulation Schemes". Journal of Economic Education, 33(3):236-253.

Herrmann, M., L. Milner, K. Giraud, M. Skogen Baker, R. Hiser (2002). "German Participation in Alaska Sport Fisheries in 1998". Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin , 9(1):27-43.

Giraud, K., J. Loomis and J. Cooper (2001). "A Comparison of Willingness to Pay Estimation Techniques from Referendum Questions: Application to Endangered Fish". Environmental and Resource Economics, 20(4): 331-46.

Giraud, K. and M. Herrmann (2001). "An Investigation Into Travel Cost Metrics". Norwest Journal of Business and Economics, 2001 Edition:81-91.

Giraud, K. (2001). "Demand Analysis and Visitor Preferences for the Chena River Recreation Area, Alaska". Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 19(2): 98-112.

Giraud, K., J. Loomis and R. Johnson(1999). "Internal and External Scope in Willingness to Pay Estimates for Threatened and Endangered Wildlife". Journal of Environmental Management, 56(3):221-29.

Giraud, K., J. Loomis and R. Johnson (1999). "Two Valuation Questions in One Survey: Is it a Recipe for Sequencing and Instrument Context Effects?". Applied Economics, 31:957-964.

Giraud, K, J. Loomis and R. Johnson (1998). "Valuation of Multiple Public Goods: Investigating Sequencing and Context Bias". Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(5):1211.

Johnson, R, K. Giraud, A. Douglas, L. Dworak, and J. Taylor (1998). "Economic and Ecological Sustainability on the Colorado Plateau". Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(5):1162.

Education

Selected Service Activities

• Member: New Hampshire Stories Board of Directors ("New Hampshire’s Own" Program)
• Steering Committee: Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
• Member: Durham MainStreet Economic Enhancements Committee
• Membership Committee: Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 2001 – 2002
• Selected Poster Topic Leader, Natural Resource Economics: American Agricultural Economics Association 2001 Annual Meeting
• Executive Committee: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1999-2001
• Faculty Senate: University of New Hampshire
• Institutional Review Board, Committee on Human Subjects: University of New Hampshire