Hawaii Needs to Focus on Developing Good Governance in Managing Tourism
By Paul Brewbaker, Frank Haas, and James Mak In order to develop and apply policies for tourism in destinations, there is usually a requirement for
October 13, 2021
Economy
The Efficacy of Hawaii COVID-19 Business Mandates
By Ruben Juarez, Alika Maunakea, May Okihiro, and Carl Bonham Despite the national attention around COVID-19 vaccination mandates for businesses, including President Biden’s recent announcement,
October 12, 2021
UHERO Forecast for the State of Hawaii: Delta wave swamps tourism, but return to recovery expected
Hawaii’s recovery has experienced a setback with the recent surge in COVID-19. Record virus numbers and preventive policy responses have caused an abrupt tourism pullback
September 24, 2021
Survey on COVID-19 Business Mandates
The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) in partnership with the Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19 (PAAC), the City and County of Honolulu (OneOahu), and
September 16, 2021
The unintended consequences of increasing returns to scale in geographical economics
Increasing returns to scale is the basis for many powerful results in economics and economic geography. But the limitations of assumptions about returns to scale
September 1, 2021
Australia’s Forgotten Copper Mining Boom: Understanding How South Australia Avoided Dutch Disease, 1843–1850
Abstract: Great Britain established the new colony of South Australia (SA) in 1834, and migration from Britain to the colony began in 1836. After seven
September 1, 2021
Blog: COVID-19 Mandates: Recommendations for Hawaiʻi Businesses
Read the full UHERO brief. By Ruben Juarez, Alika Maunakea, May Okihiro, and Carl Bonham Faced with the largest increase in cases since the beginning
August 23, 2021
COVID-19 Mandates: Recommendations for Hawaiʻi Businesses
Read the summary blog post. By Ruben Juarez, Alika Maunakea, May Okihiro, and Carl Bonham Faced with the largest increase in cases since the beginning
August 23, 2021
Developing a Dream Destination: From Laissez-Faire to Destination Management
Read the full UHERO Brief. By James Mak In 2008, I published an interpretive history of how public policies toward tourism in Hawaii changed over
July 19, 2021