Gunnar Knapp
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 1981 . BA, Economics, Yale, 1975
Phone: (907) 786-7717
Fax: (907) 786-7739
E-Mail: afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu
Map to my office
Gunnar Knapp has been on the faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research since receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1981. Dr. Knapp has conducted a wide variety of research on the Alaska economy and Alaska resources, including in particular markets for Alaska seafood and management of Alaska fisheries resources.
Since 1990, Dr. Knapp has studied world salmon markets and the effects of changing market conditions on the Alaska salmon industry. From 1994 until 1998, Dr. Knapp directed the Salmon Market Information Service, funded by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, to provide salmon market information to Alaska salmon fishermen. Dr. Knapp has made numerous presentations relating to salmon markets for both academic and industry groups, and has traveled to Canada, Japan, Russia, Norway, Chile and Iceland in connection with his research on salmon markets.
Other topics on which Dr. Knapp has conducted research include markets for Alaska halibut, herring roe and pollock; restructuring of Alaska salmon management; effects of the Alaska halibut and sablefish IFQ system; economic interactions between Alaska and the Russian Far East; and economic development of rural Alaska.
Dr. Knapp teaches courses at the University of Alaska Anchorage on the Economy of Alaska and Resource Economics.
Dr. Knapp is married and has three children in Middle School and High School. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Anchorage Youth Symphony. A trained classical singer, Dr. Knapp has sung with the Anchorage Opera and other Anchorage singing groups. Dr. Knapp is an active participant in Anchorage cross-country skiing and orienteering events.
Dr. Knapp speaks Russian, German, Swedish and French. Gunnar Knapp sings the Alaska Flag Song, accompanied by the East High School String Quartet, at a celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Alaska Constitutional Convention, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, November 8, 2005 (mp3 file)
Fall Courses
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Economics A294: Introduction to Fisheries Economics and Markets
Economics 300: The Economy of Alaska
Current Funded Research
ICICLE Seafoods Fisheries: Researchers will strengthen ISER's capacity to engage in research and instruction on Alaska's fishing industry and Alaska's seafood markets, specifically to support active involvement of students in research about AK's fishing industry. Funding agency: UA Foundation
International Fishing Safety Study: Phase 2 of the project expands on an earlier study which reviewed scientific and agency reports documenting safety effects and change in workforce occurring as result of fisheries mgmt changes. Phase 2 will focus on the synthesis document combining phase 1 results and case studies conducted in several other countries. Funding agencies: Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Insitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Economic Impacts of Alaska's Fisheries: Investigators will systematically collect, analyze, summarize, and explain the economic impacts and benefits of Alaska fisheries based on data from a wide variety of sources and analyses from a number of earlier studies. Funding agency: Alaska Sea Grant.