Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling. Volume 1A

Table of Contents

Section 1.� Overview 1. An introduction to CGE modeling ��Peter B. Dixon and Dale W. Jorgenson

Section 2.� Single-Country CGE Projects 2. The MONASH style of CGE modeling: a framework for hisorical, decomposition, forecast and policy simulations ��Peter B. Dixon, Robert B. Koopman and Maureen T. Rimmer 3. CGE assessments of fiscal sustainability in Norway ��Erling Holmoy 4. MAMS a Computable General Equilibrium Model for Developing Country Strategy Analysis ��Hans Lofgren, Martin Cicowiez and Carolina Diaz-Bonilla 5. The contribution of CGE modeling to policy formulation in developing countries ��Sherman Robinson and Shantayanan Devarajan 6. Putting services and foreign direct investment into CGE models: reflections on the use of CGE models in policy discussions ��David Tarr 7. Regional CGE Modeling ��John R. Madden and James A. Giesecke 8. IGEM: a model of U.S. economic growth and the environment ��Dale W. Jorgenson, Peter Wilcoxen and Mun Ho 9. Energy and Environment Modeling in Australia ��Philip D. Adams and Brian R. Parmenter 10. Tax reform, the cost of capital, and U.S. economic growth� ��Dale W. Jorgenson and Kun-Young Yun 11. Dynamic overlapping generations computational general equilibrium models and the analysis of tax policy ��John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow

Section 3.� Global CGE Projects 12. Applied General Equilibrium Analysis using the GTAP Framework ��Thomas Hertel 13. Estimating effects of price-distorting policies using alternative distortions databases�� ��Kym Anderson, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe 14. Global Dynamic Scenarios-Structural and Environmental Implications� ��Dominique van der Mensbrugghe 15. Energy and environment, a global approach: G-cubed ��Warwick J. McKibbin 16. Integrated economic and climate modeling�� ��William Nordhaus

Section 4.� CGE Data, Parameter Estimation, Validation and Computation 17. An econometric approach to general equilibrium modeling� ��Dale W. Jorgenson, Hui Jin and Daniel T. Slesnick 18. Trade Elasticity Parameters for a CGE Model ��Russell Hillberry and David Hummels 19. Validation of CGE models ��Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer 20. Solution Software for CGE Modeling ��Mark Horridge, Alex Meeraus, Ken Pearson and Thomas F, Rutherford

Section 5.� Advancing CGE Methodology 21. Income distribution and Computable General Equilibrium models: macro-� micro modelling ��Francois Bourguignon and Maurizio Bussolo 22. The New Keynesian approach to dynamic general equilibrium modeling: models, methods and macroeconomic policy evaluation ��Volker Wieland and Sebastian Schmidt 23. Computing general equilibrium theories of monopolistic competition and heterogeneous firms ��Edward J. Balistreri and Thomas F, Rutherford 24. Market Structure in CGE Models of International Trade ��Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin and Will Martin 25. CGE modeling of trade in services ��Joseph Francois and Bernard Hoekman 26. Labor market modeling in a CGE context ��Stefan Boeters and Luc Savard 27. Aging and social insurance in a CGE framework (provisional title) ��Laurence Kotlikoff, Hans Fehr and Sabine Jokisch

Authors

Peter B. Dixon Professor and Principal Researcher, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, Australia Dale Jorgenson Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge Mass USA. Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass USA