Troy Tassier - Fordham University
Research Interests:
Microeconomics, Health and Labor Economics, Social Networks, Complex Adaptive Systems
I help to organize the NYC Computational Economics Workshop. Please join us for a meeting if the website and topic is of interest to you.
I am a member of the Computational Epidemioloy working group at the University of Iowa. (compEpi webpage).
I was recently interviewed on WFUV's "Fordham Conversations" about my influenza vaccination research with Phil Polgreen and Alberto Segre. (An archive of the interview broadcast is available here: interview)
Research in Progress/ Papers Under Review
"Targeted Vaccine Subsidies for Healthcare Workers," with Philip Polgreen and Alberto Segre.
"Using Social Networks to Prioritize Vaccination Strategies for Healthcare Workers," with Sriram Pemmaraju, Philip Polgreen, and Alberto Segre.
"On the Existence and Stability of Inefficient Boundary Equilibria in the Groves Ledyard Mechanism,'' with Scott E. Page.
"Bedrock Depth and the Formation of the Manhattan Skyline, 1890-1915," with Jason Barr and Rossen Trendafilov.
"Who You Know vs. What You Know: Effects of Referral Hiring on Education Decisions."
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
"Endogenous Neighborhood Selection and the Attainment of Cooperation in a Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma," with Jason Barr, forthcoming, Computational Economics.
"Referral Hiring and Gender Segregation in the Workplace," Troy Tassier, Eastern Economic Journal, 34, 2008, 429-440.
"Segregation and Strategic Neighborhood Interaction," Jason Barr and Troy Tassier, Eastern Economic Journal, 34, 2008, 480-503.
"Social Network Structure, Equality, and Segregation in a Labor Market with Referral Hiring," Troy Tassier and Filippo Menczer, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 66, 2008, pp. 514-528.
"Why Chains Beget Chains: An Ecological Model of Firm Entry and Exit and the Evolution of Market Similarity," Scott E. Page and Troy Tassier, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 31, 2007, pp. 3427-3458.
"Labor Market Implications of Weak Ties," Troy Tassier, Southern Economic Journal, 72(3) 2006, pp.704-719. (1st Runner-up for the 2006 Georgescu-Roegen Prize which is awarded to the best article published in the Southern Economic Journal.)
"A Markov Model of Referral Based Hiring and Workplace Segregation," Troy Tassier, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 29(3) 2005, pp. 233-262.
"Equilibrium Selection and Stability for the Groves Ledyard Mechanism," Scott E. Page and Troy Tassier, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6 (2) 2004, pp. 311-335.
"A Model of Fads, Fashions, and Group Formation," Troy Tassier, Complexity, 9 2004, pp.51-61.
"Emerging Small-World Referral Networks in Evolutionary Labor Markets,'' Troy Tassier and Filippo Menczer, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (Special Issue on Computational Economics), 5 (5), 2001, pp. 482-492.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
"Complexity and Economics,'' Troy Tassier, forthcoming in 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, edited by Rhona C. Free, Sage Publications.
Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings
"Agent-Based Models as a Complement to Economic Theory: A Durable Goods Example," Troy Tassier Mark Everson, and Dave Ostrowski, Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 729-734.
"Using Cultural Algorithms to Evolve Strategies in Agent Based Models," Dave Ostrowski, Troy Tassier, Mark Everson, and Robert Reynolds, Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 741-746.
Other Publications
"Introduction to Symposium," Jason M Barr, Troy Tassier, and Leanne Ussher, Eastern Economic Journal (Special Issue on Agent-Based Computational Economics), 34, 2008, pp. 421-422.
"The Future of Agent-Based Research in Economics: A Panel Discussion, Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Boston, March 7, 2008," Jason M Barr, Troy Tassier, Leanne J Ussher, Blake LeBaron, Shu-Heng Chen, and Shyam Sunder, Eastern Economic Journal, 34, 2008, pp. 550-565.
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