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Environmental Modeling 

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Course Content

All the sessions include personal work in the computer lab.

Monday

 

What will you learn and implement?

A refresher in GAMS.

How to use GAMS-IDE.

What are the advanced features of GAMS.

Which GAMS solvers to use in modeling.

What is the best strategy in large-scale complex model development.

 

How to build a standard open-economy general equilibrium model.

How to build the database.

How to calibrate the model.

How to implement it in GAMS.

How to run simulations.

 

Tuesday

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a standard open-economy general equilibrium model (continued).

How to transform the standard model into an environmental CGE model.

 

How to model the substitution possibilities between different energy sources.

 

How to change the nests in the production functions to disaggregate energy sources.

Wednesday

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to introduce the greenhouse gas emissions.

How to build the database.

How to calibrate the model.

How to implement it in GAMS.

How to run simulations.

 

Wednesday afternoon is free. Enjoy yourself :)  

Thursday

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to introduce the tradable pollution permits.

 

How to build a multinational model for environmental policy analysis.

How to build the multinational database.

How to calibrate the model.

How to implement it in GAMS.

How to run simulations.

 

Friday

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a multinational model for environmental policy analysis.

How to build the multinational database.

How to calibrate the model.

How to implement it in GAMS.

How to run simulations.

 

How to introduce dynamics.

How to calibrate the dynamics.

 

How to introduce technical change.

How to introduce backstop technologies.

 

Saturday

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to produce a business-as-usual scenario.

How to use the model for policy analysis.

 

Extensions:

  • Imperfect competition

  • Intertemporal dynamics with forward-looking expectations

 

 

 

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Many thanks for the great course and time in Brussels. I really enjoyed it very much. It was my pleasure to know you and the entire EcoMod team. Your folks are remarkable. I will keep in touch and look foreword to future events. Best wishes to your all.

Gianbang

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last modified: May 09, 2007

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