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ANARRES 1
ANARRES_1 is a ‘standard’ global CGE model that is been calibrated using data derived from the GTAP database. The model is a direct descendant of an early US Department of Agriculture model. The model also owes a lot to the development of the SAM approach to national accounting and the SAM approach to modelling.
The underlying approach to multi-region modelling for this CGE model is the construction of a series of single country CGE models that are linked through their trading relationships. Consequently, each region in the model has its own numéraire price and a nominal exchange rate, while the model as a whole requires a numéraire. As such this model contains a fundamentally different philosophical approach to global modelling to that found in the large majority of models that use the GTAP.
Trade is modelled using nested CES (imports) and CET (exports) functions with an adaptation to mitigate the impacts of small trade shares. Production is modelled using nested CES functions. The tax instruments are those in GTAP plus direct (income) taxes on the households who also save.
A distinctive feature of the model is the use of a 'dummy' region, known as GILD, that allows for the recording of inter regional transactions where either the source or destination are not identified. The GILD construct provides a general method for dealing with any transactions data where full bilateral information are missing.
Note
This model is now quite dated (c 2008), in particular it does not use features found nowadays in GAMS and GAMS Studio; it is less efficient than more recent developments of ANARRES.
LICENSING
ANARRES_1 is licensed under Creative Commons BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).