Advanced Modeling Course - For Professionals Only!

Intensive course at the advanced level. The course will focus on multinational and multisectoral modeling with imperfect competition and intertemporal dynamics. This course is only accessible to those who have some experience in general equilibrium modeling and to the alumni of the EcoMod Modeling School or on-line courses.

Course Objective
The course will introduce all the basic tools for constructing and implementing large-scale multi-national and multi-sectoral dynamic intertemporal general equilibrium models for policy analysis. By the end of the course the participants will have acquired detailed knowledge of and extensive hands-on experience in:

• the structure of dynamic models,
• building the database for such models,
• introducing imperfect competition in the models,
• building dynamic intertemporal models,
• introducing forward-looking expectations,
• building regional and multinational intertemporal models,
• implementing the model on the computer using the GAMS software,
• advanced features of the GAMS software,
• formulating scenarios and running policy simulations,
• reporting and interpreting the results.
  

Content and Methodology
The course uses a practical and very intensive approach to model building. The participants will actually build the model step-by-step with guidance from the instructors: from small to large scale and from simple to complex structure. The participants will acquire extensive practical hands-on experience in building a complex, large-scale model. This will allow them to easily implement the first version of their own model using the GAMS codes of EcoMod.

For details: Course Content.

Assumed Background
This course is only accessible to the alumni of the Practical Course in Economic Modeling (in the EcoMod Modeling School or on the EcoMod on-line courses), or to those who have some experience in general equilibrium modeling and in GAMS.

Sample Daily Schedule

Cost
The fee for the course is US $2,760. This includes course materials (including a free course license of GAMS for two months), lectures, computer labs, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, receptions. University students and staff get a discount of 25 percent of the above mentioned amount. Please include a photocopy of your student or staff card. You can pay by check, credit card (Visa, American Express, Diners Club, or MasterCard) or bank transfer.

January 15-20, 2007
(Bangkok, Thailand)
March 26-31, 2007
(Washington DC, USA)
July 23-27, 2007
(Brussels, Belgium)
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