The 2018 UEH Summer School
"Inter-regional Computable General Equilibrium Modeling and Applications"
Date: August 1-3, 2018
Venue: Room A204,The University of Economics – HCMC, Vietnam
Description
Our world has become more integrated with trade agreements, cities and regions found themselves interconnected with high speed inter-regional arteries, but not until recently did decision-makers and researchers take advantage of this inter-connectedness to examine potential impacts of a policy. Taking advantage of the availability of detail statistical data and high computational capability of our artificial intelligence, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling has emerged as a powerful tool which tackles this inter-connectedness. The tool can help regional scientists, urban and regional planners, and economists examineimpacts of a change (in government policies, the environment or the economy)throughout a system or network of jurisdictions, geographical areas, or industries. This modeling technique can also help answer the question of how impacts of the change vary on different members of that system.
Recognizing the importance of this tool, the School of Economics at the University of Economics – HCMC cooperates with the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) to organize a summer school on inter-regional CGE. The summer school is an intensive 3-day training which provides hands-on experience of CGE and how to apply it in different contexts. The participants will be introduced to CGE fundamentals, its modeling techniques applicable in agriculture, trade, labor, and migration/immigration, and GEMPACK programming. This introductory course will enable the participants to successfully employ simple CGE models for their policy analysis and understand other models being used and reported in research works.
1. Format
The workshop involves 3 full-day (8.30 am – 4.30 pm) of lectures and practice on computer. Each day, there will be a one-hour lunch break and 2 tea-breaks during the sessions.
2. Schedule
(1) Wednesday August 1, 2018: Introduction to CGE modelling
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Course welcome and model installation |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
Lecture: Introduction to key principles and features of CGE modeling |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Tea-break |
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10:15 – 12:00 |
Computer exercise: Introduction to modelling in GEMPACK |
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12:00 – 01:00 |
Lunch break |
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01:00 – 02:30 |
CRUNGEM: Introduction, model, data viewing, running simulations |
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02:30 – 02:45 |
Tea-break |
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02:45 – 04:30 |
Lecture: Production, investment and household demands |
(2) Thursday August 2, 2018: Regional CGE modelling
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08:30 – 10:00 |
Lecture: Government demands, export demands, market clearing conditions |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Tea-break |
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10:15 – 11:00 |
Lecture: Aggregates and closures |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Lecture: Regional modelling with TERM |
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12:00 – 01:00 |
Lunch break |
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01:00 – 02:30 |
Computer exercise: Productivity improvement |
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02:30 – 02:45 |
Tea-break |
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02:45 – 04:30 |
Lecture: Result interpretation |
(3) Friday August 3, 2018: CGE applications: group projects
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08:30 – 10:00 |
Assign and begin group project simulations |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Tea-break |
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10:15 – 12:00 |
Group projects: simulation and result interpretation |
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12:00 – 01:00 |
Lunch break |
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01:00 – 02:30 |
Group project presentation |
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02:30 – 02:45 |
Tea-break |
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02:45 – 04:30 |
2018 STBI Brown Bag Series Special Session: Applications of CGE models in Vietnam and in the World |
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04:30 – 05:00 |
Award of certificate of completion |
3. Tuition
Academic participants from low-income and low-middle-income economies: US $100
Academic participants from the remaining parts of the world and non-academic participants: US $150
4. Registration and deadline
Applicants can follow this link (https://goo.gl/qQQErh) to download the registration form which includes a template for the concept note and instruction for tuition payment.
Deadline for registration is July 20, 2018.
5. Contact
Dr. Nguyen Luu Bao Doan: 2018summerschool@gmail.com