Back to the Future: A 25-year Retrospective on GTAP and the Shaping of a New Agenda

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Frank van Tongeren
Robert Koopman
Stephen Karingi
John M. Reilly
Joseph Francois

Abstract

This article looks back at 25 years of achievements of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) from different angles. It covers the design features of the project and the collaboration in a global research network, the contributions GTAP has made to better informed trade policy making, its contributions in the area of environment and climate change and its capacity to absorb theoretical developments in applied modeling. The paper also makes some suggestions about future directions.

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van Tongeren, F., Koopman, R., Karingi, S., Reilly, J. M., & Francois, J. (2017). Back to the Future: A 25-year Retrospective on GTAP and the Shaping of a New Agenda. Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 2(2), 1–42. https://doi.org/10.21642/JGEA.020201AF
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Perspectives on Global Economic Analysis