Economic Models for Policy Making

S. I. Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He founded the Foundation for Economic Research Rotterdam and is a regular advisor to UN, WB, and EU agencies on development issues and in field missions.

1. Introduction 2. Some Essentials in Economy Wide Policy Models 3. Socio-political Regimes and Economic Development: Exploratory models on agrarian reform in India and Chile 4. Social Economic Development Goals in Economy Wide Policy Models: An application to Korea 5. Growth and Distribution in SAM Models: Various applications 6. Simplified Statics and Dynamics in the CGE Model: Parameterization and simulations for Indonesia 7. Growth with Redistribution through Liberalization with Restructuring: A CGE policy model of Nepal 8. Sustained Development of Land Resources: A policy model of Nepal 8. Sustained Development of Land Resources: A policy model for Sudan 9. Russia Fall China Rise: Simulation results of SAM models for transiting economies 10. Transiting from Fixed to Flexible Price Regimes: SAM-CGE models of Poland and Hungary 11. Public Spending Multipliers in Extended SAM Models for a Developed Economy 12. Fiscal Policy Simulations in Adapted CGE Models: The Netherlands 13. Normed Planning of Human Resource Development: A roadmap model for Ethiopia 14. Labour Market Imbalances and Adjustments: Forecast model with RAS component 15. Privatization Decisions during Transition: A CBA model applied to Poland 16. Economic Policy Solutions to Social Queuing Problems: A random sampling model 17. Modelling Convergence in Economic Growth between Rich and Poor Countries 18. Modelling of Distinctly Behaving Economic Systems: Theory and applications