After two decades of development and refinement, the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) has been touted as the most comprehensive way to measure the economic contribution of tourism to a destination's gross domestic product. However, recent literature has pointed out that the TSA is deficient in...

“Buying local†has become one of the most important trends in food marketing. Despite widespread public attention, the influence of the “local†attribute on food prices is not well understood. We aim to begin to fill this gap in research by exploring the presence of a price...

In view of continuing economic stagnation and consequent budgetary constraints facing the state, Hawaii public libraries have been concerned with their operational efficiency and library managers have been seeking better methods in allocating limited resources among the libraries. This paper...

This study considers a general framework for identifying the optimal time to harvest an aquacultural crop when production cycles are deemed nonhomogeneous. It can be shown that the harvesting strategy derived from the Faris or Faustmann model could be misleading when differential seasonal growth...