About the volume: New developments in computable general equilibrium analysis for trade policy
New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy
ISBN: 978-0-85724-141-2, eISBN: 978-0-85724-142-9
ISSN: 1574-8715
Publication date: 24 September 2010
Abstract
John Gilbert is a professor of economics in the Department of Economics and Finance, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, at Utah State University. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, UNESCAP, ADBI, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and has published extensively in the area of trade theory and policy, and on the computable general equilibrium analysis of regional trading arrangements.
Citation
Gilbert, J. (2010), "About the volume: New developments in computable general equilibrium analysis for trade policy", Gilbert, J. (Ed.) New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. vii-viii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-8715(2010)0000007021
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
About the editor
John Gilbert is a professor of economics in the Department of Economics and Finance, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, at Utah State University. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, UNESCAP, ADBI, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and has published extensively in the area of trade theory and policy, and on the computable general equilibrium analysis of regional trading arrangements.
About the volume
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling is a well-established method for evaluating changes in economic systems, and has found wide application in the evaluation of international trade policy. This volume contains contributions on both the methodology of CGE and applications of those methods to the analysis of contemporary international trade policy issues. The selected applications cover a diverse range of important trade policy topics, including regional economic integration in Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Rim, the impact of trade policy changes on poverty and income distribution (with applications to Southeast Asia and South Asia), immigration, liberalization of services, and agricultural trade policy. Major CGE models such as the Michigan model, FTAP, LINKAGE, and GTAP and its extensions are well represented in the applications, along with numerous custom models. CGE methods are advanced by chapters on the econometric estimation of constrained optimization models, new approaches to CGE modeling with heterogeneous firms, and new approaches to modeling a wide range of other trade-related issues including illegal immigration, services, biofuels, and economy–ecology interactions.
Aims and scope of the volume
The volume presents new developments in the methodology and practice of CGE techniques as they apply to recent issues in international trade policy. The chapters contained in the volume are written by leading experts in the field. The volume will be of interest to academic researchers working in trade policy analysis and computable/applied general equilibrium, advanced graduate students in international economics, applied researchers in multilateral organizations, and policymakers who need to work with and interpret the results of CGE analysis.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Professors Hamid Beladi and E. Kwan Choi for inviting me to edit this volume, and all of the contributing authors for generously offering their time and expertise for the project.
- Frontiers of Economics and Globalization
- New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis For Trade Policy
- Copyright page
- About the series: Frontiers of economics and globalization
- About the volume: New developments in computable general equilibrium analysis for trade policy
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Estimation of Parameters of Constrained Optimization Models
- Chapter 2 Trade Liberalization and the Extensive Margin of Trade in a CGE Model with Heterogeneous Firms
- Chapter 3 Welfare Gains from Changing Partners in a Trade Bloc: The Case of MERCOSUR
- Chapter 4 The Economy-Wide Effects of Further Trade Reforms in Tunisia's Services Sectors
- Chapter 5 U.S. Imports of Low-Skilled Labor: Restrict or Liberalize?
- Chapter 6 Modeling Biofuels Policies in General Equilibrium: Insights, Pitfalls, and Opportunities
- Chapter 7 Bioeconomics and International Trade: The Case of the Great Salt Lake, Utah
- Chapter 8 Exploring Poverty Impacts of ASEAN Trade Liberalization for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam
- Chapter 9 Regional Trade Reform under SAFTA and Income Distribution in South Asia
- Chapter 10 Regional Trade Opportunities for Asian Agriculture
- Chapter 11 Computational Analysis of the Menu of U.S.–Japan Trade Policies
- Chapter 12 China's Growing Participation in Preferential Trade Agreements: Implications for China and Its Trading Partners
- Chapter 13 Ex Ante