GTAP Courses on Trade Analysis and Agreements
29th Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis
“Theory and Applications of Computable General Equilibrium Analysis with the GTAP Model”
May 30 – August 12, 2022 | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA*
Applications due March 6!
The GTAP Short Course is an intensive training course in the economics of global policy analysis. Phase 1 is delivered entirely online and has two aims. The first is to give students practical experience using the software environment for solving GTAP models. The second is to review economic components of the model in a partial setting (e.g. production behavior or market equilibrium but no international trade). Phase 1 is completed immediately prior to the intensive, onsite Phase 2 of the course, which is taught over a five-day period. The first half of the onsite phase builds directly from prior training and is comprised of lectures, labs, and discussion on the construction of and analysis with a global economy model with bilateral trade and relevant policy instruments. The final capstone project portion of the onsite phase gives students the opportunity to prepare their own global economy investigation by working in small groups with a GTAP researcher to replicate prior work done with the GTAP model and data base, and then develop their own question as an extension of that published study. The small group project is where students gain the experience with scenario design, model tools, and analysis techniques that will prepare them to become contributors to global analysis in the GTAP network of researchers.
*If the Center for Global Trade Analysis deems the onsite portion of the course cannot be held, that phase will be adapted for virtual delivery. This decision is expected to be made by the end of February.
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2022 GTAP Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) Course
“Applied Policy Analysis: Course on Preferential Trade Agreements”
June 27 – August 5, 2022| Online Course
Applications due April 3!
The GTAP PTA Course is designed to provide professionals and students with hands-on, applied training in the analysis of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) using the GTAP computable general equilibrium model. The objectives of the GTAP PTA course are to provide participants with an opportunity to develop their applied skills in the design of PTA experiments, the implementation of changes in tariff and non-tariff barriers, and the analysis of model results. The curriculum emphasizes an intuitive treatment of economic theory, provides structured experiences in manipulating and running the standard GTAP model within the RunGTAP software environment, and culminates in team-based research projects. At the end of the course, participants will have developed skills in the analysis of tariff and non-tariff liberalizations in a PTA.
