News tagged with economic simulation

Chance favors the concentration of wealth, study shows

Most of our society's wealth is invested in businesses or other ventures that may or may not pan out. Thus, chance plays a role in where the wealth of a society will end up.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 58 | with audio podcast

Number of uninsured in California counties grew during recession

A new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research provides detailed county-by-county estimates of the number of California residents who have lost health insurance during the economic downturn.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Purdue analysis cuts ethanol greenhouse gas emission estimates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Revisions to a Purdue University economic analysis have cut about 10 percent of the total emissions expected from an increase in corn ethanol production.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Why or 'wine-not' let New York groceries sell wine?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has developed simulation models to predict the economic implications of selling wine in New York grocery stores. With a new law, the state could reap about $22 million a year.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New software to simulate future financial crises

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immigration makes Spanish pensions system more sustainable

Researchers from the University of Valladolid have constructed a demographic and economic simulation model called 'Carrión', which projects the costs of pensions, Social Security contributions and GDP ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0