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Input-output and social accounting-based models
(Short Summer Course - Thursday, July 22, 2021)

Overview

  1. GDP accounting and social accounting matrices.
    Basic GDP identities with an introduction to the BEA tables and the methods involved in accessing those data. Conclude with an introduction to the WiNDC dataset.
  2. Multidimensional versions of the GAMS/MCP and GAMS/MPSGE models which were introduced on Tuesday and Wednesday. Evaluating household welfare and employment impacts.
  3. Introduction to issues in dataset constructions and management.

Additional Materials

  1. Global Comparative Statics in General Equilibrium: model building from theoretical foundations (by Jim Markusen, draft, May 2021)
  2. OptimalDating_Solution.zip
  3. Lecture notes on Constant Elasticity Functions
  4. Presentation by Andrew Schreiber about the architecture of the WiNDC modeling system (May 20218)

GAMS Code

  1. bug.zip
  2. debug.zip
  3. openeconomy.zip
  4. censusmodel.zip
  5. aaenergy.zip

Recordings

  1. Thursday morning -- first session
  2. Thursday morning -- second session
  3. Thursday afternoon -- first session
  4. Thursday afternoon -- second session