Sylvia Brandt, Assistant Professor
Recent Publications | Recent Activities | Recent Presentations | Curriculum Vitae
I am intrigued by the dynamic relationships between institutions, strategic behavior of firms and individuals, and regulatory design. My research examines these relationships in the settings of fisheries economics and health economics. My goal as an economist is to use the tools from economic theory to improve the public policy process.
The focus of my fisheries work is modeling two competing regulatory approaches: limitation of inputs and outputs ("command-and-control") versus construction of tradable property rights. There are two major themes of this research. First, strategic behavior in the industry increases inefficiencies in production prior to implementation of tradable property rights. Second, institutions that exist prior to implementation of tradable property rights can generate imperfections in the market for property rights. To learn more about U.S. federal fisheries visit, http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov.
My research in health economics examines the joint effect of environmental regulation and organization of the health-care sector on prevalence of asthma. Although both the medical understanding of the mechanisms involved in asthmatic episodes and the resources devoted to its treatment have increased, the rise in asthma is a well-documented international phenomenon. While the social costs of asthma are large enough to justify substantial policy interest, asthma is also of great concern because the health effects fall disproportionately on the young and poor in the United States. For more information about asthma go to http://www.epa.gov/children/asthma.htm.
Recent Publications
Sadof, M., Boschert K., Brandt, S. "After the funding is gone: An analysis of predictors of sustainability efforts at the Inner City Asthma Intervention sites." Accepted for publication in Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. Scheduled for publication Spring 2006.
Brandt, S., Samnaliev, M. 2005. "Further inquiry into the effect of managed care on the utilization and cost of medical care among patients diagnosed with asthma and diabetes." in The Economics of Health Reforms . Yfantopoulos, J. (ed.). ATINER Publishing: Athens, Greece. 325-340.
Ash, M. and S. Brandt, "Disparities in Asthma Hospitalizations in Massachusetts," Forthcoming, American Journal of Public Health.
Brandt, S., "Evaluating tradable property rights: the role of strategic entry and exit," Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
----- "The equity debate: distributional impacts of individual transferable quotas," Ocean and Coastal Management, 2005, Vol. 48(1), pp. 15-30.
----- "A Tale of Two Clams: Policy Anticipation and Industry Productivity," Regulation, 2005, Vol. 28(1), pp. 18-21.
McCay, B., and Brandt, S., "Changes in Fleet Capacity and Ownership of Harvesting Rights in the U.S. Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fishery". In Ross Shotton, ed., Case Studies of the Effects of Introduction of Transferable Property Rights, F. A. O., Rome. 2001.
Recent Activities
In July of 2005 I presented two research papers at the International Health Economics Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
Starting the summer of 2005 I will be conducting research on asthma intervention programs as a Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Health of University of California, Berkeley.
Recent Presentations
Society for Epidemiologic Research
Integrating Epidemiologic Evidence and Economic Evaluation: A Contingent Valuation Approach (Magzamen, Brandt and Tager, 2005.)
International Health Economics Conference
Social Disparities in Asthma Outcomes (Ash and Brandt, 2005)
Manuscript available: Ash, M. and S. Brandt. "Disparities in Asthma Hospitalizations in Massachusetts," Forthcoming, American Journal of Public Health.
Forecasting the Effects of the Clear Skies Act on Health Disparities (Brandt and Ash, 2005)
American Public Health Association Meetings
Households' Responses to Perceived Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma Morbidity (Brandt and Hanemann, 2004)
EPA Science Forum
Valuation of Reduced Asthma Morbidity (Brandt and Hanemann, 2004)
Poster pages 1 and 4
Poster pages 2 and 3
