This book gives the historical development, explanations of technical specifications, and a basic understanding of how to use different equilibrium models in an applied framework. It contains an accessible analytical survey of economic equilibrium models, including multi-sector programming...

Introduction: The Issue of Structure and Transformation -- The Input-Output Model - A Studie of the Interindustry Structure -- The Outlook of the Sovereign Planner: The Linear Activity Model -- The Planner and the Market: The Takayama Judge Activity Model -- Appendix: The Reformulation of the...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Theory of Trade Agreements and Economic Integration, Size of Economics, Trade Costs and Economic Welfare -- 3 An Empirical Analysis of the Size Characteristics of Economies -- 4 An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Trade Costs on Trade Flows and Welfare:...