The formulation of regional CGE models demands the set up of a coherent and consistent data bank of the economy under investigation. This data bank is provided by the Social Accounting Matrix, which specifies the interdependencies between the economic agents, and the direction of the incoming...

The main objective of this study was to analyze the recent international trade database developed by the OECD, WTO and Unctad, which took into account the perspective of value added, unlike other bases that considers the gross data. From the initial focus of the service chain, it was found that...

The main objective of this study was to analyze the recent international trade database developed by the OECD, WTO and Unctad, which took into account the perspective of value added, unlike other bases that considers the gross data. From the initial focus of the service chain, it was found that...

O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi analisar o recente banco de dados do comércio internacional desenvolvido conjuntamente pela Organização para a Cooperação e o Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE), pela Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) e pela United Nations Conference on Trade...

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effects on the Brazilian, Argentinean and Uruguayan economies of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). We use the GTAP (6.2) computable general equilibrium model and database to assess the effect of FTAA. The global CGE model allows us to analyze...