The SALTER Model of the World Economy: Model Structure, Database and Parameters
Salter Working Paper Number 24
The SALTER Model of the world Economy: Model Structure, Database and Parameters by Jomini, P., McDougall, R., Watts, G. and Dee, P.S., is Working Paper number 24 in the development of The SALTER Model of the World Economy.
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Wilfred Edward Graham Salter
1 The SALTER model structure
1.1 Regions and commodities
1.2 The economic structure of the SALTER model
1.3 Solving the linear system of equations
1.4 Economic environments
2 The benchmark data set
2.1 Construction of the database
2.2 Relative sizes and characteristics of modelled regions
2.3 Industry assistance data
3 Parameter settings
3.1 Elasticities of substitution among primary factors
3.2 Trade elasticities in the SALTER model
3.3 Consumer demand parameters
3.4 The elasticity of labour supply
Appendix A The theoretical specification of the SALTER model
Appendix B Consumer demand and trade elasticities
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