World Trade Model: Revised Estimates

International Monetary Fund

No 1988/050, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper presents updated and revised estimates for the World Trade Model. The model estimates import and export price and volume relationships for each of three types of merchandise trade--manufactured, raw material, and agricultural--for 14 of the largest industrial countries. The extended data set has generally resulted in estimated price and volume equations that fit the data better than previous versions of the model. In addition, the simulation properties of the model have been enhanced by imposing long-run activity elasticities of unity on the activity terms in the demand for imported manufactures equations.

Keywords: WP; unit value; price; commodity price; export price; Marshall-Lerner condition; price equation; price term; Manufacturing; Exports; Export prices; Imports; Agricultural commodities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42
Date: 1988-01-01
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