A primer on static applied general equilibrium models

Patrick Kehoe and Timothy Kehoe

Quarterly Review, 1994, vol. 18, issue Spr, 2-16

Abstract: In this paper, we describe and analyze the basic structure of the applied general equilibrium (AGE) models used to assess the effects of government trade policies. Once we have constructed the basic model, we extend it to cover features such as increasing returns to scale, imperfect competition, and differentiated products, following the AGE modeling trend of the past 10 years. We then compare a static AGE model's predictions with the actual data on how Spain was affected by entering the European Community and find that, when exogenous effects are included, a static AGE model's predictions are fairly accurate.

Keywords: Econometric; models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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