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 unemployment ...

We introduce a maximum entropy approach to parameter estimation for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The approach applies information theory to estimating a system of nonlinear simultaneous equations. It has a number of advantages. First, it imposes all general equilibrium constraints. Second, it permits incorporation of prior information on parameter values. Third, it can be applie...

plentifulness of oil resources on the one hand, and serious economic challenges in the course of development of the country, on the other hand, makes the optimum use of these resources a considerable issue in achieving the goals of sustainable development. iran’s experience in establishing exchange reserve account (era) during 2000-2005 indicates that its main function is saving the surplus rev...

Even if export taxes are frequently used, they have not been the main concerns for trade negotiators and academic researchers contrarily to tariffs. This paper aims at providing the rationales for the use of export taxes that are not obvious considering mercantilist driven trade policies. We summarize the effects of export taxes using both a partial and a general equilibrium theoretical model. ...

The goal of this chapter is to describe the capabilities and the usage of SLP–IOR, our interactive model management system for stochastic linear programming (SLP). The main features of SLP–IOR are the following: the system is intended to support the entire life cycle of a model, including model formulation, analysis of the model instance, solving it, and analyzing the solution. A main design ch...