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Limits to Growth: Tourism and Regional Labor Migration
Konan, Denise Eby - University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization … - 2010
-constrained mature tourism destination. A computable general equilibrium model is used to examine the impacts of visitor expenditure … growth and labor migration on HawaiÔiÕs economy. Impacts on regional income, welfare, prices, sector-level output, and gross … state product are considered under alternative migration scenarios. Labor market constraints impose limits to growth in real …
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Economic effects of climate change in developing countries : economy-wide and regional analysis for Ethiopia
Yalew, Amsalu W.; Hirte, Georg; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; … - 2017
Quantifying the economic effects of climate change is a crucial step for planning adaptation in developing countries. This study assesses the economy-wide and regional effects of climate change induced productivity and labor supply shocks in agriculture in Ethiopia. The study shows, in worst...
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Optimal Management of a Hawaiian Coastal Aquifer with Near-Shore Marine Ecological Interactions
Duarte, Thomas Kaeo; Pongkijvorasi, Sittidaj; … - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2010
We optimize groundwater management in the presence of marine consequences of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD). Concern for marine biota increases the optimal steady-state head level of the aquifer. The model is discussed in general terms for any coastal groundwater resource where SGD has a...
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A framework for ex-ante economic impact assessment of tourism investments : an application to Haiti
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martin; Gachot, Sebastien - 2015
regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social … key gaps identified in the tourism impact assessment literature. First, a destination-specific tourism demand and value … representative household configuration to enable more robust analysis of tourism investment impacts on poverty and income inequality …
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CGE analysis of regional policy in Northern Kyushu area
Sakamoto, Hiroshi - 2010
This study develops a policy model under the hierarchical administration system of the regional economy in Japan. In case of Japan, a hierarchy of national, prefectural, and municipal (city) administration exists, and a different regional policy in these each hierarchies can be set up....
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The system-wide impacts of the external benefits to higher education on the Scottish economy: An exploratory “micro-to-macro" approach
Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; Lecca, Patrizio - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2012
The private market benefits of education, i.e. the wage premia of graduates, are widely studied at the micro level, although the magnitude of their macroeconomic impact is disputed. However, there are additional benefits of education, which are less well understood but could potentially drive...
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The Importance of Graduates for the Scottish Economy: A "Micro-to-Macro" Approach.
Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; Lecca, Patrizio - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010
There have been numerous attempts to assess the overall impact of Higher Education Institutions on regional economies in the UK and elsewhere. There are two disparate approaches focussing on: demand-side effects of HEIs, exerted through universities’ expenditures within the local economy;...
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Multi-objective local environmental simulator (MOLES 1.0) : model specification, algorithm design and policy applications
Tikoudis, Ioannis; Oueslati, Walid - 2017
This paper describes MOLES 1.0, an integrated land-use and transport model developed with Object-Oriented Programming principles in order to combine selected characteristics from Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and microsimulation models.
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MMRF : Monash Multi-Regional Forecasting Model ; a dynamic multi-regional model of the Australian economy
Adams, Philip D.; Dixon, Janine M.; Giesecke, James A. D.; … - 2011
MMRF is a dynamic CGE model of Australia s six State and two Territory economies. MMRF is used extensively in contract research. Several features of MMRF make it an ideal tool for policy analysis, including: dynamics, a highly disaggregated regional and sectoral database, a national labour...
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A sub-national CGE model for Italy
Standardi, Gabriele; Bosello, Francesco; Eboli, Fabio - 2014
This paper describes a methodology to develop a Computable General Equilibrium model with a sub-national detail starting from a global database and model presenting the country-level as the highest resolution. This procedure is demonstratively applied to Italy, but can be transferred to any...
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