Back to the Future: A 25-Year Retrospective on GTAP and the Shaping of a New Agenda

Frank van Tongeren, Robert Koopman, Stephen Karingi, John Reilly and Joseph Francois

Chapter 3 in Policy Analysis and Modeling of the Global Economy:A Festschrift Celebrating Thomas Hertel, 2021, pp 41-93 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This chapter looks back at 25 years of achievements of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) from different angles. It covers the design features of the project and the collaboration in a global research network, the contributions GTAP has made to better informed trade policy making, its contributions in the area of environment and climate change, and its capacity to absorb theoretical developments in applied modeling. The chapter also makes some suggestions about future directions.

Keywords: Computable General Equilibrium Modeling; CGE Models; Trade Policy Modeling; GTAP; Global Trade Analysis Project; Trade Impact Assessments; Sustainability Impact Assessments; Trade and Employment; Trade and Climate; Globalization; Preferential Trade Agreements; Thomas Hertel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 F13 F18 Q54 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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