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A GEM for streamlined dynamic CGE analysis : structure, interface, data, and macro application

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  • Cicowiez,Martin
  • Lofgren,Hans
  • Cicowiez,Martin
  • Lofgren,Hans

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This paper provides an overview, macro application, and detailed documentation of GEM-Core, a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model designed for medium- and long-run policy analysis. GEM stands for General Equilibrium Model. GEM-Core can address the issues that typically are relevant for CGE analysis for developing countries, including fiscal space (with its spending, tax, and foreign aid aspects), public investment, social safety nets, trade, jobs, demography, poverty, and inequality. The model is a template model in the sense that, given an appropriately formatted database, applications for different countries can quickly be developed. The data needed for macro applications are very limited, making it possible to apply the model on short notice to virtually any country, including fragile and low-income countries. GEM-Core comes with a user-friendly Excel-based interface through which the analyst may choose between alternative country databases and, for the selected database, do the analysis (define and analyze simulations, including adjustment of selected data and assumptions). The interface lowers entry barriers to CGE modeling and provides a platform around which training may be organized, making it possible to focus courses on economics instead of computer programming.

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  • Cicowiez,Martin & Lofgren,Hans & Cicowiez,Martin & Lofgren,Hans, 2017. "A GEM for streamlined dynamic CGE analysis : structure, interface, data, and macro application," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8272, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8272
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    1. Kwaw-Nimeson, Enoch & Tian, Ze, 2021. "The impact of agricultural producer price on sustainable food security in Africa – a system GMM approach," Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, vol. 7(3), September.
    2. Sánchez, Marco V. & Cicowiez, Martín, 2023. "Optimal allocation of agriculture’s public budget can improve transformation and healthy diets access in Ethiopia," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 45(6), pages 1262-1280.
    3. Cicowiez, Martin & Akinyemi, Opeyemi & Sesan, Temilade & Adu, Omobola & Sokeye, Babajide, 2022. "Gender-differentiated impacts of a Rural Electrification Policy in Nigeria," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    4. Cicowiez, Martin, 2018. "Time Use and the Care Economy in Latin America: A General Equilibrium Analysis," Conference papers 332950, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    5. Sánchez, Marco V. & Cicowiez, Martín & Ortega, Araceli, 2022. "Prioritizing public investment in agriculture for post-COVID-19 recovery: A sectoral ranking for Mexico," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    6. Martín Cicowiez & Juan José Galeano, 2019. "Construcción de una Matriz de Contabilidad Social para Paraguay para el Año 2014," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0251, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

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