Fynnwin Prager

I am Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Co-Director of the South Bay Economics Institute at CSU Dominguez Hills, College of Business Administration and Public Policy. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at USC’s Price School of Public Policy and Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), and I remain affiliated with the Center. I received my PhD in Policy, Planning, and Development from the Price School, and my research and publications have focused on the policy and economics of disasters, particularly environmental and terrorism policy, and the impacts to regional economies and transportation systems. My dissertation focused on climate policy, and used Computable General Equilibrium modeling to analyze the economic and distributional impacts of US federal emissions trading policy. I have also published on similar assessments of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) and co-founded Carbon Retirement, an innovative London-based carbon offsets company. I have worked on studies for numerous organizations, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. National Biosurveillance Integration Center, and World Trade Center, Los Angeles on the economic impacts of trade facilitation, airport wait times, influenza epidemics, and foreign business investments.

What are those wiggly lines?

Those wiggly lines are actual and estimated London Underground passenger figures around the July 2005 terror attacks:

Prager, F., G.R. Beeler Asay, D. Von Winterfeldt, and B. Lee. (2011). Exploring Reductions in London Underground Passengers following the 2005 Bombings. Risk Analysis, 31(5), 773-786.

I recently published these two books!

Martin, C.A. and F. Prager (2019) Terrorism: An International Perspective. Sage, London.

Rose, A., F. Prager, Z. Chen, S. Chatterjee, with D. Wei, N. Heatwole, and E. Warren (2017). Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters – The E-CAT Software Tool. Springer, Singapore.

I’m really proud of the work Dr. Jose Martinez and I have done to build the South Bay Economics Institute over the past 3 years.

Research and Consulting rooted in the South Bay community

A total of $278,750 since establishing
$115,000 from Mineta Transportation Institute and South Bay Workforce Investment Board for study of telework and flexible working practices in the South Bay
$101,500 from Los Angeles World Trade Center and CSUDH President’s Office to conduct a survey of foreign-owned businesses
$45,000 from South Bay Workforce Investment Board for report on the impact of Blockchain on the South Bay economy
$17,250 from University Village Housing Development Project to survey faculty and staff about housing issues

Teaching

Student Fellows program – hiring students to gain hands-on research experience
SBEF Student Research Competition
Economics classes across multiple department at College of Business Administration and Public Policy

Community Outreach

Cultivating Entrepreneurship in your Communities conference – Organization and Presentations
Annual South Bay Economic Forecast – Planning and Presentations
County of Los Angeles 2nd District Economic Forum – Presentation
SelectLA Investment Summit - Presentations
Collaborations with South Bay Workforce Investment Board, South Bay Cities Council of Government, County of Los Angeles 2nd District Economic Development, Economic Development departments at numerous South Bay cities, CSUDH Entrepreneurial Institute, CSUDH Innovation Incubator