Research Papers
Wellbeing and Housing Report Supplement
The goal of this report is to summarize how neighborhood housing price appreciation can impact …
Drivers of well-being in Hawaii: Quantifying individual and community impacts
In Gallup’s annual well-being index, Hawaii occupied the #1 spot among US states for six …
Cabotage Sabotage? The Curious Case of the Jones Act
This paper examines the economic implications of the Jones Act, which is a 1920 U.S. …
Sources and Types of Big Data for Macroeconomic Forecasting
This chapter considers the types of Big Data that have proven useful for macroeconomic forecasting. …
Combinatorial Optimization for Urban Planning: Strategic Demolition of Abandoned Houses in Baltimore, MD
In 2017, Baltimore City was awarded $75 million dollars earmarked for the targeted demolition of …
Dynamic Factor Models
Dynamic factor models are parsimonious representations of relationships among time series variables. With the surge …
The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants
In March of 2015, the State of Hawaii stopped covering the vast majority of migrants …
The Role of Electricity prices in Structural Transformation: Evidence from the Philippines
The Philippines provides an extreme example of Rodrik’s observation that late developing countries experience deindustrialization …
Revenue Decoupling for Electric Utilities: Impacts on Prices and Welfare
Under traditional (cost-of-service) electric utility regulation, regulated utilities may not recover their fixed costs when …