Bringing regional detail to a CGE model using census data

Glyn Wittwer, Jonathan Horridge

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    Abstract

    The number of regions and sectors in most regional CGE models is small, due to data and computing limitations. The uses of such models will broaden if they have larger CGE databases. The TERM model combines a massive database with a variable aggregation facility and techniques to economize on computing capacity. This paper goes further, by outlining the use ofsmall-region census data to devise a CGE database with an unprecedented number ofregions. Already, the original TERM methodology has been used to devise multi-regional models for a number of countries. Census detail could enhance the detail in these models. Here we group small regions of Australia to develop the first bottom-up regional CGE model which distinguishes all 150 Federal single-seat electoral districts.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)229 - 255
    Number of pages27
    JournalSpatial Economic Analysis
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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