Sumner La Croix
UHERO’s Sumner La Croix published in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
Congratulations to UHERO’s Sumner La Croix on his recent publication “Did Different Rules for Establishing Property Rights in Land Impact Development? Evidence from Colonial South Australia” with co-authors Edwyna Harris and Heidi Ing in the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
Read MoreUHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society
The Trustees of the Cliometric Society (www.cliometrics.org) have elected Professor Emeritus Sumner La Croix (UHERO and Dept. of Economics, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa) as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society. Fellows must have published contributions to economic history that are markedly original and have significantly advanced the frontiers of knowledge. La Croix’s research focuses on the economic history […]
Read MoreTaxing Tourists to Generate Revenue to Address the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Hawai‘i Natural Resources
There is widespread agreement among Hawai‘i residents that the state government needs to spend more money on natural resource stewardship. A critical question is how best to pay for it. In his January 2024 State of the State Address, Governor Josh Green said that “we must do more to protect our beaches, parks, and other […]
Read MoreUHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand
At its annual meeting on 17 February 2024, the members of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand elected Sumner La Croix (University of Hawaii at Mānoa) to be President of the Society for a two-year term. La Croix has published numerous articles and books on Australian and Pacific economic history, including his […]
Read MoreMale-biased sex ratios, marriage, and household composition in early twentieth-century Hawai‘i
Abstract: Immigration to Hawai‘i between 1870 and 1930 led to a more than six-fold increase in population and high and rapidly varying sex ratios in the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Caucasian populations of marriageable age. Using complete populations of the 1910, 1920, and 1930 Territorial Censuses of Hawai‘i, we estimate how male-biased ethnic sex […]
Read MoreNew publication by Timothy Halliday and Sumner La Croix in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
In a new publication in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review, Timothy Halliday and Sumner La Croix examine how male-partisan ethnic sex ratios affected choices of second-generation men and wahine of marriageable age as a result of immigration to Hawaii between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read MoreAfter the Maui wildfires: The road ahead.
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 Moore, Dylan Moore, Nori Tarui, Justin Tyndall, and Chris Wada The immediate recovery efforts from the devastating Maui wildfires continue, and at UHERO we share our community’s anguish over the […]
Read MoreA Comparison of State-Level Carbon Reduction Strategies: A Case Study of Hawai‘i
Abstract: State-level electricity standards are proliferating and becoming more ambitious, with numerous US states adopting a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and a small but increasing number of states participating in carbon pricing programs. The State of Hawai‘i has an ambitious RPS that requires 100% electricity generation through renewable sources by 2045. This study uses a […]
Read MoreSumner La Croix awarded the Best Paper of 2021 by Economic Record
A paper by UHERO’s Sumner La Croix, “Australia’s Forgotten Copper Mining Boom: Understanding How South Australia Avoided Dutch Disease” was awarded the Best Paper of 2021 by the journal Economic Record. In an announcement, the selection panel stated, “While there were many excellent papers, the committee was of the view that this paper was a […]
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