New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy

New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy
Author: John Gilbert
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857241419

Intends to present the developments in the methodology and practice of CGE techniques as they apply to various issues in international trade policy. This title is suitable for academic researchers working in trade policy analysis and applied general equilibrium, and advanced graduate students in international economics.

Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Models

Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Models
Author: Mary E. Burfisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107132207

The book provides a hands-on introduction to computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, written at an accessible, undergraduate level.

Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling

Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Author: Peter B. Dixon
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 1143
Release: 2013-11-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0444536353

In this collection of 17 articles, top scholars synthesize and analyze scholarship on this widely used tool of policy analysis, setting forth its accomplishments, difficulties, and means of implementation. Though CGE modeling does not play a prominent role in top US graduate schools, it is employed universally in the development of economic policy. This collection is particularly important because it presents a history of modeling applications and examines competing points of view. - Presents coherent summaries of CGE theories that inform major model types - Covers the construction of CGE databases, model solving, and computer-assisted interpretation of results - Shows how CGE modeling has made a contribution to economic policy

Village Economies

Village Economies
Author: J. Edward Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 10
Release: 1996-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521550123

This book presents a generation of village-wide modelling designed to capture the interactions among households that shape impacts on rural economies.

Socially Relevant Policy Analysis

Socially Relevant Policy Analysis
Author: Lance Taylor
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262200752

This collection of work reviews the results of using CGE models since the early 1970s, with an emphasis on models that encompass broad structural factors such as distribution of income and wealth, land tenancy relationships, foreign trade, production, markets, and control of the means of production that are fundamental to the behavior of developing economies. Economist Lance Taylor is an advocate of aggressive government management of developing economies. The models described in this book are are easy to set up and manipulate on microcomputers and should dominate the development debate. Taylor's detailed discussion of structuralist COE models is followed by contributions that take up their application in specific countries.This collection of work reviews the results of using CGE models since the early 1970s, with an emphasis on models that encompass broad structural factors such as distribution of income and wealth, land tenancy relationships, foreign trade, production, markets, and control of the means of production that are fundamental to the behavior of developing economies.Chapters explain the macro constraints on India's economic growth and describe Plan Austral and other heterodox shocks, describe the application of a structuralist model to Nicaragua, to Mexican food consumption policies, and to the food market in Colombia. They discuss a model with portfolio choice for Thailand, resource mobilization through administered prices, and conflicting claims and dynamic inflationary mechanisms in India, short-run energyeconomy interactions in Egypt, policy options for growth and the alleviation of poverty in Sri Lanka, currency devaluation in Mexico, and medium-term growth projections for Kuwait. The book concludes with a manual for a structuralist macro model program.

A Standard Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model in GAMS

A Standard Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model in GAMS
Author: Hans Lofgren
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0896297209

The purpose of this manual is to contribute to and facilitate the use of computable general equilibrium (CGE) models in the analysis of issues related to food policy in developing countries. The volume includes a detailed presentation of a static “standard” CGE model and its required database and incorporates features of particular importance in developing countries. The manual discusses the implementation of the model in GAMS and is accompanied by a CD-ROM that includes the GAMS software (free demo system), the GAMS input files for the model, sample databases, simulations, solution reports, and a social accounting matrix (SAM) aggregation program. Although the volume provides a standardized framework for analysis, the analyst is not forced to make “one-size-fits-all” assumptions. The GAMS code is written to give the analyst considerable flexibility in model specification.

Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108404154

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis

A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis
Author: Marc Bacchetta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287038128

Trade flows and trade policies need to be properly quantified to describe, compare, or follow the evolution of policies between sectors or countries or over time. This is essential to ensure that policy choices are made with an appropriate knowledge of the real conditions. This practical guide introduces the main techniques of trade and trade policy data analysis. It shows how to develop the main indexes used to analyze trade flows, tariff structures, and non-tariff measures. It presents the databases needed to construct these indexes as well as the challenges faced in collecting and processing these data, such as measurement errors or aggregation bias. Written by experts with practical experience in the field, A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis has been developed to contribute to enhance developing countries' capacity to analyze and implement trade policy. It offers a hands-on introduction on how to estimate the distributional effects of trade policies on welfare, in particular on inequality and poverty. The guide is aimed at government experts engaged in trade negotiations, as well as students and researchers involved in trade-related study or research. An accompanying DVD contains data sets and program command files required for the exercises. Copublished by the WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

The Oxford Handbook of Computational Economics and Finance

The Oxford Handbook of Computational Economics and Finance
Author: Shu-Heng Chen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 785
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0190877502

The Oxford Handbook of Computational Economics and Finance provides a survey of both the foundations of and recent advances in the frontiers of analysis and action. It is both historically and interdisciplinarily rich and also tightly connected to the rise of digital society. It begins with the conventional view of computational economics, including recent algorithmic development in computing rational expectations, volatility, and general equilibrium. It then moves from traditional computing in economics and finance to recent developments in natural computing, including applications of nature-inspired intelligence, genetic programming, swarm intelligence, and fuzzy logic. Also examined are recent developments of network and agent-based computing in economics. How these approaches are applied is examined in chapters on such subjects as trading robots and automated markets. The last part deals with the epistemology of simulation in its trinity form with the integration of simulation, computation, and dynamics. Distinctive is the focus on natural computationalism and the examination of the implications of intelligent machines for the future of computational economics and finance. Not merely individual robots, but whole integrated systems are extending their "immigration" to the world of Homo sapiens, or symbiogenesis.

Theory And Programming Of Computable General Equilibrium (Cge) Models: A Textbook For Beginners

Theory And Programming Of Computable General Equilibrium (Cge) Models: A Textbook For Beginners
Author: Gene H Chang
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2022-02-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811238995

This book adopts a typical textbook approach and format for CGE beginners to learn and master the subject. It explains the economics theory behind the CGE models. The learning proceeds step by step from basic economic theories to advanced topics, from simple to more comprehensive CGE structures along with the corresponding computer programs. Each chapter reviews relevant economic theories; illustrates new material with examples, diagrams and exercises; and provides the mathematical models along with the GAMS computer programing codes. At the end of a chapter, exercises are assigned for practice and enhancing understanding.