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Save to My Portfolio Containing the Spread of Swine Flu and Other Diseases through Dynamic Modeling

Ross A. Hammond, April 28, 2009

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. Watch Video

Pandemic Disease, Global Health, Agent-based Models, Technology, U.S. Economy

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Save to My Portfolio Joshua M. Epstein Receives 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Award

The NIH Director's Pioneer Award is among the most competitive and prestigious awards in American research, designed to support scientists of extraordinary creativity for high-risk projects with the potential to have a transformative impact in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. Read More

 

Save to My Portfolio How Computer Modeling Can Avert Pandemic Outbreaks

Joshua M. Epstein, December 02, 2008

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.

Health Care, Agent-based Models, Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Pandemic Disease

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Save to My Portfolio The Hedge Fund Game

Dean P. Foster and H. Peyton Young, September 2008

In the latest version of their paper, Dean P. Foster and H. Peyton Young 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. Read More

Financial Markets, Financial Institutions

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Why Geithner’s Plan is the Taxpayers’ Curse

H. Peyton Young, April 01, 2009

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. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Complex Systems Modeling for Obesity Research

Ross A. Hammond, July 2009

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. Read More

Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

Save to My Portfolio CSED’s Large-Scale Agent Model Wins “Outstanding” Award

On March 11, 2008, The Brookings Center on Social and Economic Dynamics Large-Scale Agent Model won the 2008 Modeling & Simulation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Analysis from the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA). Read More

Save to My Portfolio Generative Social Science

In Generative Social Science, the recently published book from Princeton University Press, Josh Epstein describes agent-based computational modeling, a groundbreaking research technique.

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CSED applies the study of complexity to public policy, mainly through computational modeling and simulation.

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Happiness Well-being and Public Attitudes in Afghanistan: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness

Carol Graham, Soumya Chattopadhyay, May 2009

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

Joshua M. Epstein, Jon Parker, Derek Cummings, Ross A. Hammond, December 2008

Agent-based Models Why Model?

Joshua M. Epstein, October 31, 2008

Health Care A Complex Systems Approach to Understanding and Combating the Obesity Epidemic

Ross A. Hammond, June 17, 2008

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Computational Modeling

"A high school math teacher in Omaha, Nebraska should be interested in the work at the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics because it makes the study of social dynamics fascinating ... And it’ll make kids thrilled with questions like, how do epidemics spread, how do fads start and stop, what are the spatial dynamics of disease, of violence, of all sorts of things .. "

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ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is a security studies professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertRobert Puentes

Robert Puentes focuses on the broad array of policies and issues related to metropolitan growth and development. He is an expert on transportation and infrastructure, urban planning, growth management, suburban issues and housing.

Research ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any democracy requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work has extended beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions and issues in higher education. Experts are tackling fundamental issues on the role of education in the national and global economy.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

Policy CenterJohn L. Thornton China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations to help address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.

Policy CenterCenter on the United States and Europe

The Center on the U.S. and Europe is dedicated to the study of Europe and U.S.-Europe relations. It involves American and European experts in an active program of research, analysis, and debate.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ProgramMetropolitan Policy Program

Redefining the challenges facing metropolitan America and promoting innovative solutions to help communities grow in more inclusive, competitive and sustainable ways.

Research Project21st Century Defense Initiative

The 21st Century Defense Initiative produces cutting-edge research, analysis, and outreach that address some of the most critical issues facing leaders shaping defense policy in the coming century. The initiative focuses on three core issues: the future of war, the future of U.S. defense needs and priorities, and the future of the U.S. defense system

TopicMigration

Migration is an issue that bridges Brookings’s expertise in domestic and foreign policy. In the United States, reforming immigration policy remains a subject of intense political debate. Globally, the unprecedented movement of people across borders raises issues in both industrialized countries and the developing world.

Research ProjectBudgeting for National Priorities

The Budgeting for National Priorities project promotes greater fiscal responsibility by developing new ideas, educating the public and finding common ground among experts and policy-makers.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, who holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.