Abstract Baseline assumptions play a crucial role in conducting consistent quantitative policy assessments for dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models. Two essential factors that influence the determination of baselines are data sources projections and applied calibration methods. We propose general, Bayesian approach can be employed to build baseline any recursive-dynamic CGE model...

Regulatory measures have proven the favored approach to climate change mitigation in the U.S., while market-based policies have gained little traction. Using a model that resolves the U.S. economy by region, income category, and sector-specific technology deployment opportunities, this paper studies the magnitude and distribution of economic impacts under regulatory versus market-based approach...

& This study presents a framework for analyzing the interactions between aquaculture and capture fisheries in the context of ecosystem-based management. We extends a model of the economic and ecological systems in coastal New England by incorporating an aquaculture sector in a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and by examining the forage fish and aquaculture link in a marine food web. ...

We derive and test the predictions of three competing models gift exchange: Classical (CGE); Augmented (AGE) based on unexpected wage surprises; Belief-based (BGE) that uses belief hierarchies to formally model reciprocity guilt-aversion. Following Akerlof (1982), we also introduce signals typical wage, θw, effort level, θe, in similar firms. examine worker's optimal response exogenous variatio...

Application of a polyvinylalcohol-coated (PVA-coated) capillary in capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) enables the selective separation of oligoribonucleotides and their modifications at high resolution. Quality assessment of shorter oligomers of small interfering RNA (siRNA) is of key importance for ribonucleic acid (RNA) technology which is increasingly being applied in medical applications. ...

While the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is a well established tool used in economic analyses, it is often viewed as a blackbox because of the complexity of the model structure and the many assumptions made regarding the underlying calibration data and model parameters. To characterize the behavior of the CGE model, we perform a large-scale Monte Carlo experiment to examine its sens...

I n the past decades, the effect of different tax amendments on various economic issues has been studied. The majority of these studies have avoided considering shadow economy as part of the calculation and analysis, and an issue, which has received little attention, is the relationship between green tax reforms and shadow economy, as for informal labor, which is well-connected to un...

OBJECTIVE The degree to which chronic glycemic exposure (CGE) (fasting plasma glucose [FPG], HbA1c [A1C], duration of diabetes, age at onset of diabetes, or combinations of these) is associated with or predicts the severity of microvessel complications is unsettled. Specifically, we test whether combinations of components correlate and predict complications better than individual components. ...

We report the initial toxicity data with scanned proton beams at the Italian National Center for Hadrontherapy (CNAO). In September 2011, CNAO commenced patient treatment with scanned proton beams within two prospective Phase II protocols approved by the Italian Health Ministry. Patients with chondrosarcoma or chordoma of the skull base or spine were eligible. By October 2012, 21 patients had c...