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Trade Policy Modeling 

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Course Schedule

 

Course Content

All the sessions include personal work in the computer lab.

Monday

 

Morning

 

 

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?

 

Afternoon

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a static general equilibrium model with perfect competition.
Introduction to the model EcoMod1T (preparation for imperfect competition). 
 

Tuesday

 

Morning

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to introduce imperfect competition.
1. Introduction: Imperfect competition - why bother?
2. Alternative models of imperfectly competitive firm conduct
2.1. Models with intra-industry product homogeneity
2.1.1. Cournot oligopoly
2.1.2. Conjectural variations
2.2. Models with intra-industry product differentiation
2.2.1. Love of variety: The algebra of Dixit-Stiglitz
preferences
2.2.2. Monopolistic competition
2.2.3. Bertrand oligopoly
2.2.4. Cournot oligopoly.
 

Afternoon

 

What will you learn and implement?

3. Practical Computer Lab exercises
3.1. Introducing imperfect competition and increasing
returns
3.1.1. Modifications of the GAMS code
3.1.2. Calibration of the additional model
parameters
3.1.3. Reporting industrial organization effects
3.1.4. Simulations of a tax policy shock under
alternative assumptions about firm conduct
 

Wednesday

 

Morning

 

What will you learn and implement?

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a single country closed economy model.
How to model imports and exports.
How to calibrate the model.
How to close it.
How to implement it in GAMS.
How to debug and validate the model.
How to run simulations.
How to report results.

 

Afternoon

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a multi-country CGE model.
How to calibrate the model.
How to close it.
How to implement it in GAMS.
How to debug and validate the model.
How to run simulations.
How to report results.

 

 

Thursday

 

Morning

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a multi-country CGE model (continued).
How to introduce quotas

 

Afternoon

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a single country open economy model.
How to model imports and exports.
How to calibrate the model.
How to close it.
How to implement it in GAMS.
How to debug and validate the model.
How to run simulations.
How to report results.
 

 

Friday

 

Morning

 

What will you learn and implement?

How to build a multi-country CGE model with imperfect competition.
How to calibrate the model.
How to close it.
How to implement it in GAMS.
How to debug and validate the model.
How to run simulations.
How to report results.

 

Afternoon

 

What will you learn and implement?

Dynamic trade policy modeling.
How to calibrate the model.
How to close it.
How to implement it in GAMS.
How to debug and validate the model.
How to run simulations.
How to report results.

 

 

 

 

 

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January 12-17, 2009

(Bangkok, Thailand)

July 13-18, 2009

(Brussels, Belgium)

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