Economic Impact

DBEDT Reports

Federal Activities in Hawaii
Includes "Profile of Hawaii-Based Armed Forces," and "Advantages of Hawaii-Based Military."
State of Hawaii Data Book, 2000-2013
Section 10, National Defense, includes tables of data on various aspects of the military in Hawaii, and Hawaii residents in the military.
Older Data Books (1967-current) are available at the Library; see record here.

How much does military spending add to Hawaii's economy? by James Hosek, Aviva Litovitz, Adam C. Resnick
Call Number: HC107 .H3 H69 2011a
Publication Date: Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2011
The price of paradise by Randall W. Roth, editor
Call Number: DU627.8 .R73 1992
Publication Date: Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1992-1993
Volume 2 includes "Military & economy" by Leroy Laney.
Fluctuations in defense spending anf their economic impact on Hawaii by Wu Yuan-li
Call Number: HC110.D4 W8
Publication Date: Honolulu, Economic Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1965
Hawaii and the business of defense; a report on the relationship of defense activities to the development of a productive supporting economy in the Hawaiian Islands by Bank of Hawaii. Department of Business Research
Call Number: HC105 .B35
Publication Date: Honolulu, 1954
Hawaii: restless rampart by Joseph Barber
Call Number: DU625 .B35
Publication Date: Indianapolis, New York, Bobbs-Merrill 1941
Discusses the three forces--missionary descendants, U.S. military, and Japan--vying for dominance of Hawaii before WWII.
The Value of Hawaiʻi: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future by Craig Howes, and Jon Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio
Call Number: DU627.8 .V35 2010
ISBN: 9780824835293
Publication Date: 2010
Available online with UHM login.
Brief essays providing the historical, social, economic, and political backgrounds of issues facing Hawai'i, in 2010 and continuing to today. Education, Environment, Hawaiian Issues, Tourism, Arts, Political Culture, Law, Labor, U.S. Military, Transportation, Homelessness.

Chamber of Commerce Info

U.S. Military: Hawaii's 2nd Largest Industry (Military Affairs Council, 2014)
Brochure with highlights of the economic impact of the military's presence in Hawaiʻi. Give it a minute to load, it takes a while. See additional entries from Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi's website here.

Hawaiʻi - Military in Hawaiʻi: Economic Impact

DBEDT Reports

Economic Impact

Chamber of Commerce Info