This study focused on the choice of functional forms and their parametrization (estimation of free parameters and calibration of other parameters) in the context of CGE models. Various types of elasticities are defined, followed by a presentation of the functional forms most commonly used in...

This paper examined welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Bangladesh. By using a computable general equilibrium model based on a social accounting matrix, an empirical investigation of the transmission channels linking trade liberalisation to the rest of the economy was carried...

The effects of trade liberalization on poverty in Tunisia are examined, using a layered dynamic CGE-microsimulation approach. A dynamic CGE model endogenously generates the evolution of prices, as well as income paths under protection and freer trade assumptions for each household group. These...

Since January 2002 and within the framework of the sub-regional economic integration process conducted by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal has adopted the institution of a Common External Tariff (CET) and the harmonization of the tax system. These measures have...

Since January 2002 and within the framework of the sub-regional economic integration process conducted by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal has adopted the institution of a Common External Tariff (CET) and the harmonization of the tax system. These measures have...

Since January 2002, within the framework of the sub-regional economic integration process of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal has adopted a Common External Tariff (CET) and harmonization of the tax system. These measures have considerably reduced the protection of...