Tag Archives: computational public policy

Visualizing Bank Failures ( 2008 – 2009 )

Three Takeaways Acceleration: There were four failures in the first six months of 2008, followed by another 22 failures in the next six months.  By January of 2009, there were 21 failures in the first three months of the year, … Continue reading

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Cash for Clunkers – Visualization and Analysis

Cash for Clunkers: A Dynamic Map of the Cash Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS) Some Background on the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) From the official July 27, 2009 press release – “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also released … Continue reading

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Electricity Market Simulations @ Argonne National Labs

Given my involvement with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, many have justifiably asked me to describe how a computational simulation could assist in the crafting of public policy. The Electricity Market Simulations run at Argonne National Lab … Continue reading

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A Statistical Mechanics Take on No Child Left Behind — Flow and Diffusion of High-Stakes Test Scores [From PNAS]

The October 13th Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science features a very interesting article by Michael Marder and Dhruv Bansal from the University of Texas. From the article … ”Texas began testing almost every student in almost every … Continue reading

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The Dynamics of Deterrence – New Article in PNAS

The latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) features The Dynamics of Deterrence by Mark Kleiman & Beau Kilmer.  Here is the abstract:  ”Because punishment is scarce, costly, and painful, optimal enforcement strategies will minimize … Continue reading

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Visualizing 26 U.S.C ___ : At the “Section Depth”

  Title 26 of the United States Code is likely on the mind of many as we move toward April 15th. As a part of a project with Lilian V. Faulhaber (Climenko Fellow from HLS), we have become interested in … Continue reading

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Google for Government? Broad Representations of Large N DataSets

In our previous post, a post which has generated tremendous interest from a variety of sources, we demonstrated how applying the tools of network science can provide a broad representation for thousands of lines of information.  Throughout the 2008 Presidential Campaign … Continue reading

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