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UHERO’s Sumner La Croix published in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix published in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

August 5, 2025

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…

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society

June 24, 2025

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…

Taxing Tourists to Generate Revenue to Address the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Hawai‘i Natural Resources

Taxing Tourists to Generate Revenue to Address the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Hawai‘i Natural Resources

April 5, 2024

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…

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand

February 28, 2024

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…

Male-biased sex ratios, marriage, and household composition in early twentieth-century Hawai‘i

Male-biased sex ratios, marriage, and household composition in early twentieth-century Hawai‘i

January 31, 2024

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…

New publication by Timothy Halliday and Sumner La Croix in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review

New publication by Timothy Halliday and Sumner La Croix in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review

January 31, 2024

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…

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…

A Comparison of State-Level Carbon Reduction Strategies: A Case Study of Hawai‘i

A Comparison of State-Level Carbon Reduction Strategies: A Case Study of Hawai‘i

March 16, 2023

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…

Sumner La Croix awarded the Best Paper of 2021 by Economic Record

Sumner La Croix awarded the Best Paper of 2021 by Economic Record

September 1, 2022

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…