Hawai‘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
August 3, 2019
Sumner La Croix
Is 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
March 29, 2019
Do 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,”
June 7, 2018
The 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.
June 2, 2017
New 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.
January 28, 2016
UHERO Fellow Interview Series: Tim Halliday
Sumner La Croix interviewed UHERO Fellow Tim Halliday about his Social Science and Medicine paper in July 2014. For more on this paper, see Tim’s
September 4, 2014
A Cross-Country Index of Intellectual Property Rights in Pharmaceutical Innovations
Many countries with strong patent protection for other industrial products and processes have not always provided strong protection for pharmaceutical innovations. For example, in 1970,
April 6, 2014
The Impact of Stronger Property Rights in Pharmaceuticals on Innovation in Developed and Developing Countries
We use dynamic panel data regressions to investigate whether the strength of a country’s patent protection for pharmaceuticals is associated with more pharmaceutical patenting by
March 14, 2014
Decline in Pacific Currencies: Crisis or More Adjustment to Come? : Pacific Beat Interview
By Sumner La Croix 1. The last few months have seen 10-20 percent declines in the exchange rates of many Pacific countries against the US
September 17, 2013