Global competition has made thetraditional sugarcane and pineapple industriesincreasingly non-viable in Hawaii. One … and macadamia nuts,this paper examines how Hawaii's foodstuffs were ableto capture a premium value of place …-association due tothe social construction of Hawaii as a place. Anexpansion of the niche markets, however, has allowedthe symbolic …

This paper models the Hawaii’s economy in a CGE framework in order to analyze the economic impacts of energy … (electricity) efficiency. Looking at energy flows in Hawaii’s economy, this paper traces the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of … are more energy and carbon intensive than that of Hawai‘i households on a per person basis. The study indicates the …

May 1960, a devastating tsunami struck the city of Hilo on the island of Hawaii. Remarkably, there was no significant …

relatively simple to implement. We study the extent to which tourist arrivals from the US Mainland to Hawaii are driven by …

. The indirect contribution can be estimated using input-output (I-O) multipliers. We illustrate using Hawaii as an example. …

This study assesses the economic and greenhouse gas emissions impacts of a proposed 400MW wind farm in Hawaii. Due to … to the population center of Oahu. It is motivated by 1) Hawaii’s high electricity rates, which are nearly three times the … sources by the year 2030. We use an economy-wide computable general equilibrium model of Hawaii’s economy coupled with a …