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Economics definitions, methods, models, and analysis procedures for Homeland Security applications

Ehlen, Mark E.; Smith, Braeton J.; Warren, Drake E.; Downes, Paula S.; Eidson, Eric D.; Mackey, Greg

This report gives an overview of the types of economic methodologies and models used by Sandia economists in their consequence analysis work for the National Infrastructure Simulation & Analysis Center and other DHS programs. It describes the three primary resolutions at which analysis is conducted (microeconomic, mesoeconomic, and macroeconomic), the tools used at these three levels (from data analysis to internally developed and publicly available tools), and how they are used individually and in concert with each other and other infrastructure tools.