TRAINING MATERIALS
Trade and Macroeconomics

Computable General Equilibrium Modeling in GAMS
Développement et Insertion International (DIAL) and IFPRI Course
February 4-15, 2002
University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Reading Materials

1. Lofgren, H. 2000. Exercises in general equilibrium modeling using GAMS. Microcomputers in Policy Research. Vol. 4a. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
   (PDF 155K)
2. Lofgren, H. 2000. Key to exercises in general equilibrium modeling using GAMS. Microcomputers in Policy Research. Vol. 4b. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
   (PDF 152K)
3. Lofgren, H., R. L. Harris, and S. Robinson, M. Thomas and M. El-Said. 2001. A standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS. TMD Discussion Paper No. 75. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
   (PDF 259K)  |  GAMS files (EXE 157K)

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS

1. Bergman, L. 1990. The development of computable general equilibrium modeling. In General Equlibrium Modeling and Economic Policy Analysis, eds. Lars Bergman, Dale W. Jorgenson and Erno Zalai. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Basil Blackwell.
2. Blonigen, B. A., J. E. Flynn, and K. A. Reinert. 1997. Sector-focused general equilibrium modeling. In Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook, eds. J. F. Francois and K. A. Reinert. New York: Cambridge University Press.
3. Dellink, R., J. Szőni, and H. Bartelings. 2001. GAMS for Environmental-Economic Modelling. Netherlands: Wageningen University.
   www.gams.com
4. Devarajan, S, D., S. Go, J.D. Lewis, S. Robinson, and P. Sinko. 1997. Simple general equilibrium modeling. In Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook, eds. J. F. Francois and K. A. Reinert. New York: Cambridge University Press.
5. Devarajan, S., J. D. Lewis, and S. Robinson. 1993. External shocks, purchasing power parity, and the equilibrium real exchange rate. World Bank Economic Review 7 (1): 45-63.
6. GAMS. Selected materials from the web site of the GAMS Development Corporation
   www.gams.com
7. King, B. B. 1985. What is a SAM? In Social Accounting Matrices: A Basis for Planning, eds. G. Pyatt and J. Round. Washington D.C.: World Bank.
8. McCarl, Bruce. 2000. Using GAMSIDE.
   www.gams.com
9. Reinert, K. A., and D. W. Roland-Holst. 1997. Social Accounting Matrices. In Social Accounting Matrices: A Basis for Planning, eds. G. Pyatt and J. Round. Washington D.C.: World Bank.
10. Robinson, S. 1989. Multisectoral models. In Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. II, eds. H. Chenery and T. N. Srinivasan. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers.
11. Rosenthal, R. E. 1998. A GAMS Tutorial. In GAMS: A User's Guide, eds. A. Brooke, D. Kendrick, A. Meeraus, and R. Raman. Washington, DC.
12. Sadoulet, E., and A. de Janvry. 1995. Computable general equilibrium models. In Quantitative development policy analysis. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.

OTHER ITEMS DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY

1. Robinson, S., A. Cattaneo, and M. El-Said. 2001. Updating and estimating a social accounting matrix using cross entropy methods. TMD Discussion Paper No. 58. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
   (PDF 140K)
2. Robinson, S., and M. El-Said. 2000. GAMS code for estimating a social accounting matrix (SAM) using cross entropy methods (CE). TMD Discussion Paper No. 64. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
   (PDF 80K)  |  GAMS files (EXE 95K)