Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a viral disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has arrived and is spreading in Hawai’i. In an attempt to “flatten the
March 31, 2020
Briefs
Using Extensive Testing and Geographical Isolation to Mitigate the Coronavirus Crisis in Hawaii
Hawaii needs to quickly adopt and implement a plan to control and then halt the spread of the coronavirus or the cost in terms of
March 25, 2020
Charting a New Fiscal Course for Hawaii: A Fiscal Architecture Approach
The Hawai’i Executive Conference (HEC)’s recent report, Troubled Waters: Charting a New Fiscal Course For Hawaii, makes a compelling case for the Hawaii community to
January 29, 2020
Four Alternative Models for Regulating an Investor Owned Utility of the Future
How do you coerce a monopoly to act as if it were operating in a ruthlessly competitive industry? This is the billion-dollar question of Public
April 3, 2019
Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
Housing is expensive on Oahu. For most middle-class Honolulu households, even buying a median-priced condominium ($415,000 in February 2019) is financially out of reach. Some
March 29, 2019
Charting a New Course For Hawai‘i Tourism
Despite a string of record visitor arrivals now totaling almost ten million annually, Hawai‘i tourism shows signs of trouble. Inflation-adjusted spending per visitor has trended
February 14, 2019
Rethinking Hawaii Tourism: Time to Shift from Marketing to Managing Tourism?
We know from Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) resident surveys that Hawaii residents perceive tourism is our economic lifeline, but it is also a cause of
May 16, 2018
Making Sense of Mandatory Resort Fees
More than 1,000 hotels in the U.S. require guests to pay a mandatory resort fee, stated as a fixed dollar amount per room per night
April 10, 2018
Time to End the Preferential Taxation of Timeshare Occupancy?
Timeshares comprise a significant percentage of visitor accommodations in Hawaii. There are currently over 11,000 timeshare units in the state, and unlike traditional hotel accommodations,
March 27, 2018