Sumner La Croix
Webinar: How to Control the Coronavirus Epidemic and Bring Back Hawaiʻi’s Economy
The King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center is sponsoring a webinar with UHERO’s Sumner La Croix and the East-West Center’s Tim Brown on what needs to be done to control the Coronavirus in Hawaii and restore the economy. When: Monday, April 20, 2020. 5:30pm – 6:30pm Registration is required to join the live webinar. A […]
Read MoreHow to Control Hawaii’s Coronavirus Epidemic and Bring Back the Economy: The Next Steps
We spell out in detail how increased testing, comprehensive historical contact tracing, and isolation of exposed and infected individuals can lead to a rapid reduction in new infections and hospitalizations. Once this system has been put in place and has operated successfully for several weeks, we may begin to approach several measurable targets—number of new […]
Read MoreUsing Extensive Testing and Geographical Isolation to Mitigate the Coronavirus Crisis in Hawaii
Hawaii needs to quickly adopt and implement a plan to control and then halt the spread of the coronavirus or the cost in terms of lives and damage to the economy will be catastrophic. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic had an infection rate of 28% and a death rate of 2.5% for the infected population. […]
Read MoreUHERO’s Sumner La Croix on minimum wage panel
UHERO’s Sumner La Croix participated in a panel on minimum wage, living wage, and cost of living at the Maui Chamber of Commerce 2019 annual Board Installation Luncheon. La Croix, along with panelists Eugene Tian, state economist with the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, and Keli’i Akina, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president and […]
Read MoreHawai‘i: Eight Hundred Years of Economic and Political Change
The King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center is sponsoring a talk on Sumner La Croix’s book, Hawai‘i: Eight Hundred Years of Economic and Political Change. The talk will focus on the economics of Hawai‘i’s annexation by the United States. When: Wednesday, August 7, 5:30 pm Where: Ali‘iolani (the Judiciary building with the King Kamehameha statue […]
Read MoreIs Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
Housing is expensive on Oahu. For most middle-class Honolulu households, even buying a median-priced condominium ($415,000 in February 2019) is financially out of reach. Some state lawmakers propose to remedy the situation by developing high-density leasehold condominiums on state-owned and city-owned land near rail transit stations on the Honolulu rapid transit system now under construction […]
Read MoreDo electric vehicle incentives matter? Evidence from the 50 U.S. states
UHERO congratulates Sherilyn Wee, Makena Coffman, and Sumner La Croix on the publication of, “Do electric vehicle incentives matter? Evidence from the 50 U.S. states,” in Research Policy. This research measures the effectiveness of state-level policies on the adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Read more about this in The Role of Policy […]
Read MoreThe Role of Policy and Peers in EV Adoption
By Sherilyn Wee, Makena Coffman and Sumner LaCroix Electric vehicles (EVs) can be a cleaner means of transportation compared to cars with traditional gasoline engines. They have the added benefit of being able to provide support to the electric power grid—an increasingly important attribute in states like Hawaii with high levels of intermittent renewable energy. […]
Read MoreNew Perspectives on Honolulu’s High Housing Prices
By Sumner La Croix Single-family home prices in Honolulu soared to record highs in 2015, with the median price for the full year reaching $700,000. In the second quarter of 2015, only three U.S. cities had higher prices—San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ($980,000), San Francisco-Oakland ($842,000), and Anaheim- Santa Ana-Irvine ($713,000)—and Honolulu’s price premium over the next […]
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