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Nori Tarui

UHERO’s Nori Tarui appointed to Collaborative Research Group on Environmental Economics and Policy

UHERO’s Nori Tarui appointed to Collaborative Research Group on Environmental Economics and Policy

April 9, 2026

UHERO’s Nori Tarui has been appointed as the Group Leader at the National Institute for Environmental Studies’ (NIES) Collaborative Research Group on Environmental Economics and…

Effects of alternative pricing structures on electricity consumption and payments in the commercial and industrial sector

Effects of alternative pricing structures on electricity consumption and payments in the commercial and industrial sector

November 28, 2023

Abstract: We investigate the distributional and welfare impacts when commercial and industrial (C&I) electricity end users face a dynamic pricing structure as opposed to a…

Sea level rise risk interactions with coastal property values: a case study of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

Sea level rise risk interactions with coastal property values: a case study of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

September 14, 2023

Abstract: Climate change-induced sea level rise (SLR) will affect a range of coastal assets and prompt difficult decisions about coastal land use across the world.…

After the Maui wildfires: The road ahead.

After the Maui wildfires: The road ahead.

August 31, 2023

By Steven Bond-Smith, Daniela Bond-Smith, Carl Bonham, Leah Bremer, Kim Burnett, Makena Coffman, Peter Fuleky, Byron Gangnes, Rachel Inafuku, Ruben Juarez, Sumner La Croix, Colin…

Embracing TOU: Nudges, Rates, and Renewable Energy

Embracing TOU: Nudges, Rates, and Renewable Energy

August 21, 2023

By Michael Roberts, Nori Tarui and Ethan Hartely Hawaiian Electric Company is about to embark on a significant experiment: a pilot program introducing time-of-use (TOU)…

Managing retreat for sandy beach areas under sea level rise

Managing retreat for sandy beach areas under sea level rise

July 24, 2023

Abstract: Sea level rise (SLR) is projected to impact approximately one billion people by 2100. For many coastal communities, retreat is the most viable long-term…

What’s a (Better) Beach Day Worth? Economic Valuation of Changes in Waikīkī Beach Characteristics

What’s a (Better) Beach Day Worth? Economic Valuation of Changes in Waikīkī Beach Characteristics

May 24, 2023

Abstract: Whether beach nourishment, an established beach management measure, is justified depends on its benefits and costs. We apply a discrete choice experiment at Waikīkī…

Open Access Renewable Resources, Urban Unemployment, and the Resolution of Dual Institutional Failures

November 16, 2021

This paper investigates how poverty reduction and natural resource preservation can be simultaneously achieved in a small open dual economy with urban wage rigidity, open access…

You can’t always get what you want: Protectionist policies with the transport sector

October 1, 2021

This paper incorporates key stylized facts about the transport sector into the conventional international oligopoly model and explores how protectionist policies perform differently when transport costs are endogenous…