[Economics SIG] Alfonso Martinez Valderrama on “Dynamic National Model for Prospective and Analysis of Environmental and Socioeconomic Policies”

Please join us online Friday, June 10th Noon ET (Boston time. Here is a time converter)

In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), the System Dynamics Society’s Economics SIG and WPI System Dynamics host Alfonso Martinez Valderrama (amvalderrama1@gmail.com) who will present 

Dynamic National Model for Prospective and Analysis of
Environmental and Socioeconomic Policies

Short Description: Alfonso will present a detailed SD model for a National Economy (case Spain: 2000-2030), focusing on an overview of the structure and main modules and views of some results and scenarios.

Question(s)/Comment(s) for the Audience:

a) What experience do you have with Macroeconomics or Economic models using System Dynamics?

b) What type of methodologies do you use when developing an SD model? Stock & flows, System Thinking, Hybrid methods – SD and econometrics and other methods?

c) Do you know more SD models that consider impacts of production/demand shocks (i.e., measures applied for the covid19 pandemic) on the economy

d) Do you have any suggestion for further development or expansion of this model?

Biography:

Professor in Economic Sciences, specialized in quantitative methodologies: System Thinking, System Dynamics, simulation models, econometrics, game theory, programming, algorithms.

Main areas of interest: economics (macro, micro and business strategy), trade, sustainable development, transport, simulation models.

Alfonso worked in consulting (2000-01 Monitor Group, 2007-10 Epypsa, 2012-16 Simulación Dinámica) and in Spanish Public Organizations (2001-07 Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones –CMT-, 2017-21 Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior –ICEX-).

We will record this presentation and post it to the System Dynamics Society’s YouTube channel.

Call-in details: https://bit.ly/CLM-2022-06-10