Johansen's contribution to CGE modelling : originator and guiding light for 50 years ; paper presented at the Symposium in memory of Professor Leif Johansen and to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his “A Multi-Sectoral Study of Economic Growth” (North Holland 1960) ...

Fifty years ago the Norwegian economist, Leif Johansen, gave us what is now recognised as the first CGE model. While Johansen was first, he is not the father of the whole field. CGE modelling in different styles sprang largely independently from several sources. This paper describes how Johansens style of CGE modelling took root in Australia in the 1970s and has from there spread to the rest of the world. Today, thousands of economists from nearly every country are undertaking Johansen-style CGE modelling to elucidate policy questions in trade, taxation, environment, labour markets, immigration, income distribution, technology, resources, micro-economic reform and macro stabilization. CGE modelling ; Leif Johansen