The tools for policy evaluation and analysis reviewed in the preceding chapters are all ex-post, as they essentially compare the distribution of welfare over a population before and after a given policy or a given local program is implemented. While ex-post evaluation is essential for assessing the true impacts of existing policies and programs, there are many instances in which policymakers wo...

The tools for policy evaluation and analysis reviewed in the preceding chapters are all ex-post, as they essentially compare the distribution of welfare over a population before and after a given policy or a given local program is implemented. While ex-post evaluation is essential for assessing the true impacts of existing policies and programs, there are many instances in which policymakers wo...

Methods of empirical economic analysis have undergone enormous changes in recent decades. The availability of improved statistics and of high-speed computers have facilitated this process, but the increasing ambition and complexity of economic policy itself have perhaps been the major stimuli. In most of the economically advanced countries and, increasingly, in developing countries also, analys...

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A multisectoral global model was constructed on a 35 I-O sectoral basis in 1995 and has extensively been used for various policy analyses. The model, EITF, covers 29 countries and 7 regions with special reference to G7 and Asian countries. World trade can also be analyzed in the same sectoral categories, enabling the analysis of significant changes in foreign trade consistent with those for sec...

This paper offers an econometric model system that simultaneously considers six different activity-travel choice dimensions in a unifying framework. The six dimensions include residential location choice, work location choice, auto ownership, commuting distance, commute mode, and number of stops on commute tours. The paper presents the modeling methodology in detail as well as estimation result...

The main objective of this study is to examine the dynamic impact import tariff reduction on major macroeconomic variables and its long-run implications for fiscal sustainability Ethiopia. In addition, it estimates increase in average consumption tax required compensate possible revenue loss sustainability. A Recursive Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model (RDCGEM) used assess increased ...