A Hybrid Top-Down, Bottom-Up Regional Computable General Equilibrium Model
Higgs, Peter, J.; Parmenter, B., R.; Rimmer, Russell, J.; Higgs, Peter, J., IMPACT Project Research Center, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3053 Australia; Parmenter, B., R., Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia; Rimmer, Russell, J., Department of Information and Numerical Sciences, Victoria College, Victoria 3168 Australia
Журнал:
International Regional Science Review
Дата:
1988
Аннотация:
This article compares top-down and bottom-up methods for obtaining regional projections for policy analysis using computable general equilibrium models. In view of the computing and data problems of bottom-up, multisectoral models, a hybrid approach is proposed in which a partially regionalized computable general equilibrium model is used to drive a top-down regional equation system. The hybrid avoids some of the serious theoretical shortcomings of the top-down approach but is much less data demanding than a complete bottom-up model. An application, based on the ORANI computable general equilibrium model of Australia, is presented with comparative top-down and hybrid results.
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