An Overview of the Dynamic GTAP Data Base: The Data Base Construction and Aggregation Programs

• Published in: Dynamic Modeling and Applications for Global Economic Analysis pp. 120 - 135
• Main Authors: McDougall, Robert A., Walmsley, Terrie L., Golub, Alla, Ianchovichina, Elena I., Itakura, Ken
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 20.02.2012

IntroductionThe GDyn Data Base, used with the GDyn model, is based on the GTAP Data Base, which describes the global economy in a given year (2001 for the GTAP 6 Data Base; Dimaranan 2006). The GTAP Data Base is augmented with additional data required for GDyn, the dynamic version of the GTAP model....