Applied general equilibrium and economic development
Subtitle: present achievements and future trends
By: edited by Jean Mercenier and T.N. Srinivasan ; with a foreword by Herbert E. Scarf.
Contributors: Mercenier, Jean.; Srinivasan, T. N., 1933-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Economic development -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.; Economic development -- Case studies -- Congresses.; Equilibrium (Economics) -- Congresses.; Agriculture and state -- Developing countries -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.; Economic stabilization -- Developing countries -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.; Economies of scale -- Developing countries -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.
Description: Traditional tools of analysis that focus on particular commodities or sectors, a particular time frame, and aggregate diverse socioeconomic groups are ill-suited to analyze the consequences of the economic reforms of the last ten years. This volume shows the greater power and relevance of applied general equilibrium methods.

Through discussion of several major policy issues - agricultural and food policy, economies of scale in production and the associated market imperfections, macrostabilization programs, and modeling intertemporal tradeoffs - the contributors present work representative of the major trends in applied general equilibrium modeling of developing-country issues.

Policy analysis using a rich variety of static, recursive, and intertemporal dynamic models is illustrated with problems from a number of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The countries studied range widely in their institutional features, stages of development, and economic size
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-358).
"The majority of the chapters in this volume were first presented and discussed at the conference ... held at the Université de Montréal, February 2-4, 1990"--Acknowledgments.