{"id":217953,"date":"2025-06-25T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=217953"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T00:01:09","slug":"economist-recognized-global-economic-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/25\/economist-recognized-global-economic-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> economist recognized for contributions to global economic research"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Sumner La Croix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trustees of the Cliometric Society<\/a> have elected University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Professor Emeritus Sumner La Croix as a fellow of the society, an honor reserved for scholars whose work in economic history is both original and influential. The Cliometric Society is a global organization dedicated to the quantitative study of economic history.<\/p>\n

La Croix, affiliated with the UH<\/abbr> Economic Research Organization<\/a> and the Department of Economics<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>, has published extensively on the economic history of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and Australia, institutional change and property rights in the Asia-Pacific region, and public policy issues in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“I was really surprised and pleased to receive this honor,” La Croix said. “It helps to highlight the importance of in-depth research on former British and American colonies in the Asia-Pacific region and the need to understand the different journeys taken by Indigenous and immigrant populations over the last 200 years.”<\/p>\n

He currently serves as associate editor of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review<\/em> and is president of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand. His 2019 book, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change<\/em>, was published by the University of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

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