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General equilibrium? Register Now! Participant Testimonials Photo Gallery Introductory CGE Content Schedule | Intensive course at the introductory level. For those who have little or no experience in modeling, in GAMS. Course Objective The course will introduce all the basic tools for constructing and implementing large-scale applied general equilibrium models for policy analysis. By the end of the course the participants will have acquired detailed knowledge of and extensive hands-on experience in:  | the structure of open economy general equilibrium models, |  | building the database for such models, |  | building social accounting matrices, |  | calibrating a CGE model, |  | formulating a CGE model as a non linear programming problem, |  | formulating a CGE model as a mixed complementarity problem, |  | implementing the model on the computer using the GAMS software, |  | using the solvers CONOPT, MINOS, PATH, and PATHNLP, |  | modeling the labor market, |  | formulating scenarios and running policy simulations, |  | reporting and interpreting the results, |  | linking GAMS and Excel for reading and reporting data. |
Content and Methodology The course uses a practical and very intensive approach to model building. The participants will actually build the model EcoMod step-by-step with guidance from the instructors: from small to large scale and from simple to complex structure. The participants will acquire extensive practical hands-on experience in building a complex, large-scale model. This will allow them to easily implement the first version of their own model using the GAMS codes of EcoMod. For details: Course Content. Sample Daily Schedule Fees The fee for the course is US$2,760. This includes course materials (including a free course license of GAMS for two months), lectures, computer labs, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, receptions. University students and staff get a discount of 25 percent of the above mentioned amount. Please include a photocopy of your student or staff card. You can pay by check, credit card (Visa, American Express, Diners Club, or MasterCard) or bank transfer. Registration and Payment: For details please click here. Contact for registrations and further information For registration and any further information you may need please contact Ms Theresa Leary. | 
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