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General equilibrium? Register Now! Participant Testimonials Photo Gallery Introductory CGE Content Schedule | Course Content Monday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? What are the fundamental elements of GAMS? How to read an external database with GAMS. How to run a model using GAMS. How to use GAMS-IDE. Which GAMS solvers to use in modeling? | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? A refresher in mathematical optimization. What are the common functional forms in AGE modeling? How to derive the first-order conditions. How to implement a partial equilibrium model in GAMS. | Tuesday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? How to build the simplest core model. What is the Walras Law? What does closure mean? | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? How to implement the first model in GAMS as a non linear programming problem. How to calibrate the model. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, and PATHNLP, How to debug and validate the model. How to run a simulation. | Wednesday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? What is a nested production function? How to introduce IO flows. How to calibrate the parameters of a Cobb-Douglas function and the technical coefficients. How to implement the model in GAMS as a non linear programming problem. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, and PATHNLP, How to debug and validate the model. How to run a simulation. | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? How to use calibrated share format of functional forms in CGE modeling. How to implement the model in GAMS as a mixed complementarity problem, How to solve the model using PATH, How to debug and validate the model. | Thursday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? How to introduce the CES function and how to calibrate its parameters. How to introduce the LES function and how to calibrate its parameters. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, PATHNLP and PATH. | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? What is equivalent variation? What is compensating variation? How to implement the model in GAMS. | Friday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? How to introduce endogenous investment, and exogenous savings. How to implement the model in GAMS. | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? How to introduce endogenous labor supply, savings, and exogenous unemployment. How to introduce the government (part I). How to implement the model in GAMS. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, PATHNLP and PATH.
| Saturday | Morning | What will you learn and implement? How to introduce endogenous unemployment. How to introduce the government (part II). How to implement the model in GAMS. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, PATHNLP and PATH. | Afternoon | What will you learn and implement? How to model imports and exports. How to implement the model in GAMS. How to solve the model using CONOPT, MINOS, PATHNLP and PATH. |
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