In this paper we present a macroeconomic microfounded framework with heterogeneous
agents—individuals, firms, banks—which interact through a decentralized matching process …

Generate and Analyze Multi-Level Data Spatial microsimulation involves the generation,
analysis, and modeling of individual-level data allocated to geographical zones. Spatial …

The current paradigm for causal inference in epidemiology relies primarily on the evaluation
of counterfactual contrasts via statistical regression models informed by graphical causal …

This paper presents an overview of microsimulation as a method to evaluate health and
health care policies and interventions. After presenting a brief survey of microsimulation …

This paper provides a survey of the development and contributions of agent-based modeling
to economic analysis, without any claim to be exhaustive. Our perspective is particularly …

As in many Western countries, the population in the Netherlands is ageing, leading to
increasing use of long-term care. A debate has risen on the tenability of the publicly funded …

This paper describes a model suitable for forecasting the use of publicly funded long-term
elderly care, taking into account both ageing and changes in the health status of the …

As perhaps never before, the financial market crisis is focusing attention on the many ways
in which pensions are susceptible to financial market risks. This has brought new interest in …

Geocomputation is essentially the follow-on revolution from Geographic Information Science
and is expected to gather speed and momentum in the first decade of the 21st century. It …

Vor allem möchte ich meinem Erstbetreuer Ralf Münnich, der mir von Anfang an viel
Vertrauen entgegengebracht hat, für die hervorragende Betreuung danken. Ohne seine …