In this paper we study the potential effects on the Italian economy of various reform packages in the spirit of the Europe 2020 strategy. By using the version adapted for Italy of the endogenous growth model developed by the DG ECFIN for economic policy evaluation (QUEST III with R&D), through...

This paper outlines how a 2011 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) with a rich disaggregation in the energy sectors is constructed for Turkey. The disaggregated SAM incorporates 38 production activities, 9 of which produce energy, 33 commodities, 2 factors of production as labor and capital, three...

This paper outlines how a 2011 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) with a rich disaggregation in the energy sectors is constructed for Turkey. The disaggregated SAM incorporates 38 production activities, 9 of which produce energy, 33 commodities, 2 factors of production as labor and capital, three...

OPEC claims that the aim of this organization is to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies among its member countries to ensure a secure and stable income provision to its member countries; an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations; and a fair return on...

We scrutinize the impact of international productivity gains (spillovers) induced by imports and exports on optimal tariffs. Our research question reads: how do trade-induced international productivity gains influence the choice of the optimal tariff? Trade-induced international technology...

Research and development (R&D) is regarded as a core factor which decides the productivity of a firm in the analysis of modern industrial economics. But the R&D behavior and the consequent effect are observed to be different depending on the firm size and industry belonging. Despite the tendency...

Since the latter half of 1990s, it has been discussed that many developing countries are going to face serious population aging problem while these economies are still underdeveloped and not adequately prepared against aging yet in terms of institutional reform such as social security. As the...

This study aims to analyse the impact of increased ICT R&D public spending on the European economy using the regional RHOMOLO model. The theoretical motivation for this research stems from ongoing discussion on the complementarity and substitutability between public and private R&D spending, and...

During the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) period of China (2011-2015), Chinese government set the carbon intensity emission reduction target for the first time. This target is allocated to all the provinces in China without a trading mechanism. In our study, we aim to evaluate the impact among...

Tourism is an economic activity of immense significance for both developed and developing countries. In recent years, computable general equilibrium (CGE) models have been widely used to investigate the economic effects of tourism. In this paper a tourism CGE model is applied to estimate the...