This chapter reviews recent applications of computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling in the analysis and evaluation of policies which affect interactions among multiple markets. At the core of this research is a particular approach to the data and structural representations of the economy, which we elaborate through the device of a canonical static multiregional model. We adapt and extend ...

Background: Recently, several papers have assessed land use consequences of biofuel expansion. In the absence of empirical evidence, these papers assigned subjective values to extensive margin (productivity of new croplands over productivity of existing croplands). Methods: This paper fills the gap in this area and provides a new data set which estimates land productivity at 0.5° × 0.5° (longit...

This study analyses the impacts of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) introduced on 1 July 2000, and the associated wine tax reform, on both the premium and nonpremium segments of the grape and wine industry using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Australian economy. Through input cost reductions, the grape and wine industry is projected to gain from the GST tax package. Thus th...

In contrast to the classic result in Diamond and Mirrlees (1971) that fiscal taxes should not be levied on intermediate use of goods, Newbury (1985) showed that, in a closed economy with Leontief technology, input taxes should be used to indirectly tax commodities that for some reason are untaxed in final consumption. This paper extends the Newbury result to more general cases; i.e., to open ec...

This paper documents Version 1.0 of the Climate PoLicy ANalysis (C-PLAN) model and presents results for model's baseline a policy scenario. The C-PLAN is global, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) tailored to economic emissions characteristics Aotearoa/New Zealand. Distinguishing features in include methane-reducing technologies livestock, bioheat from forestry residues, exp...

This paper reviews an analysis of land use change impacts of expanded biofuel production with GTAP-BIO computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. It describes the treatment of energy substitution, the role of biofuel by-products, specification of bilateral trade, the determination of land cover changes in response to increased biofuel feedstock production, and changes in crop yields – both at ...

Objective: This paper, using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model with highly disaggregated household groups, analyses the distributional impact of a carbon tax in a developing economy. Scope: Indonesia, one of the largest carbon emitters among developing countries, is utilized as a case study in this paper. Conclusions: The result suggests that, in contrast to most industrialised count...

This paper analyzes the relative significance of regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in Asia-Pacific. The economy-wide impacts of tariff removals and reductions in non-tariff measures (NTMs) are estimated by using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of global trade. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are shown to c...

We carry out a detailed sensitivity analysis of border carbon adjustment (rates) by applying a global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) GTAP7-based model. We find different incentives for the regions in the climate coalition to raise carbon-based border tax rates (BTAX) above the standard rate that mimics an equalisation of carbon prices across regions. Herein, the strategic use of BTAX (the...