Brookings: Centers - Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

The Costs of Containing H1N1

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:10 GMT

The Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at Brookings has released a comprehensive report on the economic impact of closing schools and day care centers to help mitigate the infection rate of the H1N1 virus. Center director Joshua Epstein highlights some of the study’s findings and notes that the cost for such closures could be substantial.

The Scouting Report: Flu Contagion in Schools

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

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October 21, 2009, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

As the nation and the world continue to grapple with H1N1, and while delivery of the vaccine in the United States faces delays, school closures are one policy tool under consideration to slow spread of the pandemic. Ross Hammond, co-author of a recent report that quantified the economic effects of school closures, and Fred Barbash, Politico senior editor, answered questions in a live web chat about the implications and potential costs of this approach.

H1N1 Containment: Economic Cost and Workforce Effects of School Closures

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Policymakers are looking at school closures to contain the spread of an H1N1 influenza outbreak. In the first comprehensive U.S. study of the economic cost of school and daycare center closures, the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at Brookings finds that closing all schools in the United States for four weeks could cost up to $47 billion and lead to a reduction of up to 17% in key health care personnel.

Modelling the Global Financial Crisis

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Warwick McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel use modelling to explore the economic effects of a global financial crisis where businesses and households unexpectedly switch between a pessimistic view on risk and then to a more moderate temporary scenario.

How Computer Modeling Can Stem the Spread of Influenza

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:35:02 GMT

Experts are bracing for an extremely high H1N1 flu infection rate this fall and winter. Joshua Epstein says computer modeling can help the medical community and policy-makers predict which populations are most susceptible to infection, how great the infection rate will be and how to stem the spread of the virus.

Modelling to Contain Pandemics

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Joshua M. Epstein explains that agent-based computational models can capture irrational behaviour, complex social networks and global scale — all essential in confronting H1N1.

Complex Systems Modeling for Obesity Research

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Obesity has grown rapidly into a major public health challenge in the United States and worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that as many as one-third of Americans are obese. Ross Hammond explains how techniques from the field of complexity science can inform both scientific study of obesity and effective policies to combat it.

Containing the Spread of Swine Flu and Other Diseases through Dynamic Modeling

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:46:00 GMT

With cases of swine flu rising in the United States and around the world, health officials are taking action to contain the spread and severity of the disease. Brookings Fellow Ross Hammond discussed the artificial society models he has helped develop that can aid professionals in better understanding how to prepare for and react to epidemics.

Why Geithner’s Plan is the Taxpayers’ Curse

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

H. Peyton Young shows that the Geithner proposal for pricing toxic assets is a peculiar type of auction in which the taxpayer is cursed by competition among the buyers. The more that investors compete, the lower are the expected returns for the taxpayers. Naturally, the windfall goes to the banks.

How Computer Modeling Can Avert Pandemic Outbreaks

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:55:44 GMT

Brookings’s Center on Social and Economic Dynamics has pioneered a model that forecasts how infectious diseases like the flu spread. Center director Joshua Epstein says the Obama administration should use modeling to avert pandemic outbreaks and restore faith in the public health system.

The Not-So-Real-McCoy: Fake Alpha and the Need for Hedge Fund Transparency

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Based on the 2008 working paper, "The Hedge Fund Game," Peyton Young and co-author Dean P. Foster show how surprisingly easy it is for unskilled managers to create “fake” alpha, mimicking the returns of their more skilled and scrupulous peers. The only way to protect the industry, the authors argue, is through greater transparency.

Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In classical mathematical epidemiology, individuals do not adapt their contact behavior during epidemics. They do not endogenously engage, for example, in social distancing based on fear. Yet, adaptive behavior is well-documented in true epidemics. Joshua M. Epstein, Jon Parker, Derek Cummings, and Ross A. Hammond explore the effect of including such behavior in models of epidemic dynamics.

Why Model?

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Based on a keynote address, Joshua M. Epstein discusses and challenges enduring misconceptions about modeling, offering sixteen reasons other than prediction to build a model.

The Hedge Fund Game

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the latest version of Dean Foster and Peyton Young’s paper, the authors show that it is extremely difficult to devise incentive schemes that distinguish between fund managers who cannot deliver excess returns from those who can, unless investors have specific knowledge of the investment strategies being employed.

Modeling with Data: Tools and Techniques for Scientific Computing

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Nonresident Fellow Ben Klemens’ recently published book melds traditional statistical methods with models on the cutting edge of computing. The textbook covers a range of the techniques required to implement agent-based models, from the details of programming to methods of finding a model's optimal parameters to methods of testing hypotheses.

Understanding Strategic Learning through Game Theory and Agent-Based Modeling

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Peyton Young addresses his recent game theory and agent-based modeling work in the Presidential Address to the World Congress of the Game Theory Society at Northwestern University.

A Complex Systems Approach to Understanding and Combating the Obesity Epidemic

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest working paper, CSED Fellow Ross A. Hammond says that obesity is a substantial and growing public health crisis worldwide. Many of its features—breadth of scale, diversity in actors, and multiplicity of mechanisms—are hallmarks of a complex adaptive system. Thus, according to Hammond, the lessons and tools of complexity science can help us better understand and combat the obesity epidemic.

Agent-Based Modeling: New Methods in Estimating Impact

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On April 15, 2008 CSED affilate Shubha Chakravarty presented a talk on agent-based modeling at the Gates Foundation Grand Challenge 9 Meeting in Kampala, Uganda. The meeting focused on new progress in developing bio-fortified staple crop species, yielding discussion of using agent-based modeling to study crop diseases and genetic drift of new plant varieties.

Artificial Society: Getting Clues on How a Pandemic Might Happen by Creating a Huge Model of the United States

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

With the possibility of a national or international emergency, people need to know how to best be prepared. Joshua M. Epstein discusses how agent-based computational modeling has the ability to create artificial societies to model human behavior in an emergency situation.

Q&A With Joshua Epstein on Computational Modeling

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Director and Economic Studies Senior Fellow Joshua Epstein explains his breakthrough computational modeling work, with a focus on how agent-based modeling can help explain human behavior as well as make strides in the public health field.

U.S. Expanding the Law - Domestic and Foreign - to Benefit Corporations

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In a recent op-ed, Ben Klemens addresses the issue of how the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative influences the restriction of generic drugs in the markets worldwide.

Investors Need More Hedge Fund Transparency

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

H. Peyton Young suggests that investors should insist on greater transparency on dealing with bankers’ compensation schemes.

A Hybrid Epidemic Model: Combining the Advantages of Agent-based and Equation-based Approaches

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

With Feng Yu, Brookings Senior Fellow Joshua M. Epstein and Nonresident Fellows Georgiy V. Bobashev and D. Michael Goedecke introduce a hybrid Agent-based and Equation-based model that can dramatically save time and can better describe epidemiological processes involving human behavioral response.

A Flexible, Large-Scale, Distributed Agent Based Epidemic Model

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Jon Parker describes a distributed agent-based epidemic model that is capable of easily simulating several hundred million agents and discusses the overall design of the model.

Hedge Fund Wizards

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

While many of the latest hedge fund casualties are linked to the subprime mortgage crisis, Dean P. Foster and H. Peyton Young suggest that investors should not be lulled into thinking that the problem will be solved once the mortgage mess is mopped up.

Agent-Based Modeling and Spatial Population Dynamics Workshop

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

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December 07, 2007, 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM

The Brookings Center on Social and Economic Dynamics and the Metropolitan Policy Program jointly hosted an NICHD funded Agent Based Modeling and Spatial Population Dynamics Workshop at the Brookings Institution. Researchers from across the country attended the workshop to discuss current projects, to gain insight into agent-based modeling, and to unearth issues for future research collaboration.

A Complex Systems Approach to Understanding and Reversing the Obesity Epidemic

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

An event brought together top international obesity experts—from academia, government, industry, and non-profit—to work toward a comprehensive approach to the worldwide obesity pandemic. Brookings’s Ross Hammond discussed how insights and techniques pioneered at CSED can play a key role in facilitating an integrated approach.

Social Norms and Public Policy

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

H. Peyton Young suggest that differences in social norms may help to explain puzzling differences in group behavior that are not readily attributable to differences in income, tastes, and other individual characteristics.

Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

H. Peyton Young analyzes the effect of incorporating heterogeneity into three broad classes of models -- contagion, social influence, and social learning.

Finding Optimal Agent-Based Models

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper # 49 by Ben Klemens (September 2007)

Exploring Price-Independent Mechanisms in the Obesity Epidemic

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper #48 by Ross A. Hammond and Joshua M. Epstein (August 2007)

Obesity and the Influence of Others

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Op-ed by Carol Graham, Ross A. Hammond and H. Peyton Young (08/21/07)

Agent Based Modeling: Population Health from the Bottom Up

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Presentation by Joshua M. Epstein (07/13/07)

For Frustrated Achievers, More Is Less

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Article about Carol Graham (07/12/07)

Complex Systems Approaches to Population Health

Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings' Senior Fellow Joshua M. Epstein joined scholars from across the country at the University of Michigan to explore how complex systems approaches can be used to understand the broad problems of population health.

Controlling Pandemic Flu: The Value of International Air Travel Restrictions

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Report by Joshua M. Epstein, D. Michael Goedecke, Feng Yu, Robert J. Morris, Diane K. Wagener, and Georgiy V. Bobashev (May 2007)

Can We Model The Real World

Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Joshua M. Epstein (05/12/07)

A Genome-Wide Association Study Implicates Diacylglycerol Kinase Eta (DGKH) and Several Other Genes in the Etiology of Bipolar Disorder

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Using high-throughput genotyping methods, CSED scholar Ben Klemens and a team of researchers helped identify genes linked to bipolar disorder.

The Possible and the Impossible in Multi-Agent Learning

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Peyton H. Young surveys work on learning in games and delineates the boundary between forms of learning that lead to Nash equilibrium and forms that lead to weaker notions of equilibrium (or none at all).

Are We Born Prejudiced?

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Article on Ross A. Hammond (03/17/07)

Measuring Happiness

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Interview wth Carol Graham, The Kojo Nnamdi Show (1/9/07)

Pandemic Influenza and the Value of International Travel Restrictions

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper #46 by Joshua M. Epstein, D. Michael Goedecke, Feng Yu, Robert J. Morris, Diane K. Wagener, and Georgiy V. Bobashev (December 2006)

Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

People may realize different benefits and costs from the innovation, or have different beliefs about its benefits and costs, hear about it at different times, or delay in acting on their information. Peyton H. Young analyzes the dynamics arising from different sources of heterogeneity in a completely general setting without placing parametric restrictions on the distribution of the relevant characteristics.

Assessing the Impact of Pandemic Flu

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:30:00 GMT

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October 19, 2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Health experts are concerned that a pandemic influenza could kill millions of people worldwide and cripple the global economy. As governments spend millions of dollars to stockpile medicines and plan emergency responses, what are the critical factors that should be considered for an effective response? Brookings experts addressed the potential impact of a pandemic flu worldwide.

Cheap Food, Societal Norms

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Wall Street Journal blog with Carol Graham (08/25/06)

Social Influences and Smoking Behavior

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The objectives of this project were to conduct a comprehensive study of social influences on smoking behavior using an agent-based modeling approach.

Firm Sizes: Facts, Formulae and Fantasies

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No.44 by Robert Axtell (February 2006)

Software and Law: Is Regulation Fostering or Inhibiting Innovation?

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:00:00 GMT

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December 07, 2005, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

The Spread of Innovations through Social Learning

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper #43 by Peyton H. Young (December 2005)

Math You Can't Use : Patents, Copyright, and Software

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This lively and innovative book is about computer code and the legal controls and restrictions on those who write it. Drawing on a host of examples, Ben Klemens describes and analyzes the intellectual property issues involved in the development of co

Variance in Obesity Across Cohorts and Countries: A Norms Based Explanation Using Happiness Surveys

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper by Carol Graham and Andrew Felton (September 2005)

The Computer-Shaped Hole in the Patent Reform Act

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Ben Klemens (7/28/05)

Remarks on the Foundations of Agent-Based Generative Social Science

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In this CSED Working Paper, Brookings Senior Fellow, Joshua Epstein, treats a variety of epistemological issues surrounding generative explanation in the social sciences, and discusses the role of agent-based computational models in generative social science.

Understanding Social Unrest in Uzbekistan and Central Asia: New Perspectives and Novel Methodologies

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:30:00 GMT

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June 02, 2005, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Brookings experts presented the findings from their research—based on modeling work, survey data, and recent visits on the ground—on civil unrest in Central Asia.

Social Dynamics of Obesity

Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 40 by Mary A. Burk and Frank Heiland entitled "Social Dynamics of Obesity"

A Theory of Symbolic Values, With an Application to Economic Development

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:30:00 GMT

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April 14, 2005, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Some Insights on Development from the Economics of Happiness

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Carol Graham, World Bank Research Observer (April 2005)

Social Dynamics: Theory and Applications

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 39, by H. Peyton Young (April 2005)

Everyone I Know Is Doing It:

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:30:00 GMT

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February 11, 2005, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Does Inequality Matter to Individual Welfare? An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys from Latin America

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

CSED working paper 38 on perceptions of inequality among Latin Americans

The Evolution of Ethnocentrism

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:30:00 GMT

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December 09, 2004, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Social Norms, Rules of Thumb and Retirement

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 37 by Gary Burtless (November 2004)

Do Police Reduce Crime?

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT

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October 07, 2004, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Di Tella discusses isolated effect of police presence on crime

Social Norms, Rules of Thumb, and Retirement: Evidence for Rationality in Retirement Planning

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Gary Burtless (October 2004)

Perceived Opportunity in Latin American Fertility Choice

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Louise C Keely and Margaret Macleod hypothesize that the perceived returns to human capital and to income uncertainty are important determinants of recent cross-sectional variation in Latin American fertility

Well Being and Unemployment in Russia in the 1990's: Can Society's Suffering Be Individuals' Solace?

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 35

Social Norms and Voter Turnout

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Ben Klemens (1/26/04)

Liquidity Protection versus Moral Hazard: The Role of the IMF

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper 34: Liquidity Protection versus Moral Hazard: The Role of the IMF

Physician Social Networks and Geographic Variation in Medical Care

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 33: Physician Social Networks and Geographic Variation in Medical Care

The Effects of Income Losses and Gains on Happiness: Do Temporary Trends Matter

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

The Effects of Income Losses and Gains on Happiness

The Normal, the Fat-Tailed, and the Contagious: Modeling Changes in Emerging Market Bond Spreads

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Working paper by Paul Masson

Make Odious Debt Too Risky To Issue

Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Michael Kremer and Seema Jayachandran, Financial Times, (05/08/03)

Using Computer Simulations, Experts Devise Strategy to Contain Smallpox Attack

Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:00:00 GMT

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December 23, 2002 at 10:00 AM

At this briefing, on December 23, 2002, experts at the Brookings Institution-Johns Hopkins Center on Social and Economic Dynamics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health revealed a powerful computer simulation graphically illustrating the effects of a bioterrorism outbreak of smallpox in a hypothetical American county.

Toward a Containment Strategy for Smallpox Bioterror: An Individual-Based Computational Approach

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 31: Toward a Containment Strategy for Smallpox Bioterror: An Individual-Based Computational Approach

Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul R. Masson, Visiting Fellow, the Brookings Institution, with Xavier Debrun and Catherine A. Pattillo in an IMF Working Paper, December 2002

Is Economic Crisis Reducing Support for Markets and Democracy in Latin America? Some Evidence from the Economics of Happiness

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 30: ""Is Economic Crisis Reducing Support for Markets and Democracy in Latin America?

Crafting Sustainable Social Contracts in Latin America: Political Economy, Public Attitudes, and Social Policy

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 29: Crafting Sustainable Social Contracts in Latin America: Political Economy, Public Attitudes, and Social Policy

Does Happiness Pay? An Exploration Based on Panel Data from Russia

Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 28: Does Happiness Pay? An Exploration Based on Panel Data from Russia

Seeing Around Corners

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Jonathan Rauche writes on CSED artificial society in ""Seeing around Corners.""

Non-Cooperative Dynamics of Multi-Agent Teams

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 27: Non-Cooperative Dynamics of Multi-Agent Teams

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Civil Violence: Guatemala 1977-1986

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 26: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Civil Violence: Guatemala 1977-1986

Complementarity and Social Networks

Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 24: Complementarity and Social Networks

The Epidemiology of Macroeconomic Expectations

Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 26: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Civil Violence: Guatemala 1977-1986

Co-Evolution of Firms and Consumers and the Implications for Market Dominance

Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

coevolution, cesd working paper, brookings institution

Don't Cut Capital Gains Tax

Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Christopher D. Carroll, Visiting Fellow, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, in The Baltimore Sun, September 25, 2001

Dividing the House: Why Congress Should Reinstate an Old Reapportionment Formula

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

The formula used to allocate the 435 seats among the states, a peculiar method first adopted in 1941, violates the principle of one person, one vote by systematically giving more representation to residents of small states than to residents of large

Medical Spending, Health Insurance, and Measurement of American Poverty

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

CSED working paper, Brookings Institution, Economic Studies

Fair Representation : Meeting the Ideal of One Man, One Vote

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

The issue of fair representation will take center stage as U.S. congressional districts are reapportioned based on the 2000 Census. Using U.S. history as a guide, the authors develop a theory of fair representation that establishes various principles

Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers, and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

economic studies, csed working paper 21, brookings institution

Modeling Civil Violence: An Agent-Based Computational Approach

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper #20 by Joshua M. Epstein (January 2001)

Discrete Choice with Social Interactions

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT

csed working paper 18, brookings institution, economic studies

Endogenous Transition Dynamics in Corruption: An Agent-Based Computer Model

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT

csed working paper 19, brookings institution, economic studies

The Margin of Error in the Florida Recount

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Peyton Young (November 2000)

Why Agents? On the Varied Motivations for Agent Computing in the Social Sciences

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT

csed working paper 17, brookings institution, economic studies

The Terms of Agricultural Contracts: Theory and Evidence

Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT

csed working paper 16, economic studies, brookings institution

Globalization and Redistribution: Feasible Egalitarianism in a Competitive World

Fri, 01 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT

csed working paper 15, economic studies, brookings institution

Happiness, Markets, and Democracy: Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Stuck In The Tunnel: Is Globalization Muddling The Middle Class?

Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT

An assessment of how middle-income groups are faring with the global turn to the market

Effects of Interaction Topology and Activation Regime in Several Multi-Agent Systems

Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Effects of Interaction Topology and Activation Regime in Several Multi-Agent Systems, CSED working paper #12, July 2000