The archive is for the storage and distribution of a variety of materials such as technical notes, presentations, articles, student theses, and databases which do not fit into the CoPS Working Paper category.
Each archive item consists of a single ZIP file. This might contain a single file, such as a DOC or PDF file, or several different files (including HAR, TAB, XLS and other formats). If several files are included, or if there could be any doubt how to use or read the files, an explanatory file README.TXT should be included in the ZIP.
More recent items appear at the top of the list. Guidelines for submitting items to the archive appear here.
BPPD0094 Scanned PDF of book Notes and Problems in Microeconomic Theory by Dixon, Bowles and Kendrick, originally published by North-Holland and now out of print (copyright has reverted to Dixon). Submitted PBD August 2009 download (56MB).
TPMH0093 GEMPACK code examples showing 4 ways to RAS a matrix. These may be adapted to solve a variety of RAS-like problems. See file README.TXT. Submitted JMH July 2009 download (27KB).
TPMH0092 Scanned PDF of 1986 paper "Forecasting Versus Policy Analysis with the ORANI Model" by Dixon, Parmenter and Horridge. Appeared as Impact Working Paper OP-56, and as IAESR Working Paper No. 4/1986. Submitted JMH Jan 2009 download (537KB).
TPMH0091 HAR file version of material prepared by Tom Rutherford showing inter-country distances between all 113 GTAP 7 regions; with short program to compute the distance matrix for an aggregated region set. See file README.TXT. Submitted JMH Dec 2008 download (602KB).
TPPA0090 Description of MMRF3 used by the Productivity Commision for their NRA study. Also includes a RunDynam zip archive for a standard NRA simulation. Submitted Nov 2008 download (10.3MB).
PPJG0089 Powerpoint overview of CoPS activities as at Oct 2008, by James Giesecke. Submitted Oct 2008 download (111KB).
TPMH0088 Scan of a hard-to-find paper: Paul Armington, A theory of demand for products distinguished by place of production, IMF Staff Papers 16 (1969), pp. 159-176. Submitted Oct 2008 download (1.5MB).
TPMH0087 An example showing how the standard GTAP model may be modified to allow for taste shifts towards domestic (and away from imported) goods. Source-code GEMPACK is required. See file README.TXT. Submitted May 2008 download (223KB).
TPGW0086 Version of SinoTERM model as at May 2008. SinoTERM is a large multi-regional model of China calibrated using 2002 data and distinguishing 137 sectors and 31 regions. For this example the database was aggregated down to 47 broad sectors while retaining all 31 regions. Submitted May 2008 download (6.4MB).
TPMH0085 This archive contains SAMBAL.TAB, a GEMPACK program for balancing square SAMs. See files README.TXT and SAMBAL.DOC. Submitted May 2008. download (200 KB). [Note: this is a revised version of archive item TPMH0048 [Nov 2003] see below. For this revision, SAMBAL.TAB has been converted to the "levels" GEMPACK syntax, because this makes it easier to impose additional constraints.]
TPMH0084 Successive versions of the GTAP database have distinguished increasing numbers of regions. This resource shows how a standard list of 226 standard regions (nations) maps to various GTAP region sets, ranging from the 24 regions of GTAP Version 2 up to the 113 regions of GTAP Version 7. The mappings are contained in printable XLS and machine-readable HAR formats. See file README.TXT. Submitted Mar 2008 (updated Oct 2008). download (76KB).
TPMH0083 Version of ORANI-G model and data based on the Chinese 2002 Input-Output Tables. Agricultural detail has been added, expanding the original 122 sectors to 137. Top-down regional shares are included for 31 provinces. Also included are all programs used to generate the database. To run simulations, or rebuild the data, Source-code or Unlimited Executable-Image GEMPACK is needed. This database is only released for academic or non-commercial purposes. See file README.TXT. Submitted Mar 2008 (revised April 2009). download (1.3MB).
TPMH0082 Example showing how the ORANI-G model may be very easily adapted to work as a conventional input-output model, and how to use the SAGEM program to rapidly compute matrices of standard or "Type 2" multiplier coefficents. A regional input-output calculation is also shown. GEMPACK is needed, but the Limited Executable Image version is enough. See files README.TXT and ORANIGIO.DOC. Submitted Mar 2008. download (178KB).
TPMH0081 35-sector ORANI-G model and database prepared from the 1995/96 New Zealand Input-Output Tables to support a January 2008 training course in Wellington NZ. You'll need Executable Image or Source Code GEMPACK to run the model. See file README.TXT. Submitted Jan 2008. download (108KB).
TPPA0080 Version 3 of the MMRF model, as used in 2007 regional CGE training courses. Two zip archives are supplied. The first, smaller zip (1.4MB) contains a 34 sector, 5-region 2001-2 Australian database. The second, larger zip (8.8MB) is a RunDynam ingredients archive, used for a dynamic simulation exercise. Submitted November 2007.
TPGW0079 Material to replicate a SinoTERM simulation presented to a conference in Changsha, July 2007. SinoTERM is a large multi-regional model of China calibrated using 2002 data and distinguishing 137 sectors and 31 regions. For these simulations the database was aggregated down to 63 broad sectors and 10 larger regions. Submitted June 2007. download (5.6MB).
PPJB0078 "Tax reform, income distribution and poverty in Brazil", paper using Brazil version of TERM presented by Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira-Filho of the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, to April 2007 ECLAC conference in Santiago, Chile. Submitted May 2007. download (243KB).
PPAP0077 "Taking IMPACT Abroad: The Global Trade Analysis Project", paper presented by T.Hertel in June 1994 to the Amsterdam IFAC meeting on Computational Methods in Economics and Finance. This early overview of the GTAP project includes results from a sample simulation -- of recent [in 1994] GATT agreements. Zip contains a scanned PDF. Submitted April 2007. download (857KB).
TPGW0076 Short paper presented by Glyn Wittwer at 2007 AARES conference (Queenstown, New Zealand), reporting two TERM-based simulations of the effects of rising oil and minerals prices on Indonesia and Australia. Submitted March 2007. download (65KB).
TPMR0075 This file contains two papers: "The economy-wide benefits of an increase in the proportion of students achieving year 12 equivalent education" by Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer,January, 2003 and "The effects on the Australian economy of improved financial literacy" by Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer October, 2004. Submitted January 2007. download (0.13 MB).
TPMH0074 Contains snapshot of TERM multi-regional CGE model of Australia as at November 2006. Featured aggregation has 19 sectors, 56 bottom-up regions, and 1337 subregions (modelled by top-down methods). Aggregates of the 1337 subregions are formed to generate real GDP results for 150 Federal electorates. Requires source-code GEMPACK version 9 or later, and at least 1Gb RAM. Submitted November 2006. download (4.4 MB).
TPMH0073 Contains material using UPGEM CGE model of South Africa to simulate effects of charges for agricultural and forestry water use. With ReadMe.Txt and explanatory document. Requires source-code GEMPACK version 9 or later. Submitted November 2006. download (265 KB).
TPMH0072 Contains MacMap.har, a HAR file version of the of the CEPII (David Laborde) trade and protection dataset MAcMap for GTAP6 - based on MAcMapHS6 v1.1. Submitted October 2006. download (5.6 MB).
TPMH0071 Contains ORANI-G model and data files for a 66-sector model of Indonesia, based on 2003 IO and SAM data. A multiple-households version of ORANI-G is used. Submitted September 2006. download (225 KB).
TPGW0070 Contains the World Wine Model, with a 10 region representation of the global wine market. The cmf file includes a stylised projection from 2004 to 2011. Submitted September 2006. download (28 KB).
TPPD0069 Technical appendix for 'A new specification of labour supply in the MONASH model with an illustrative application', Australian Economic Review, March 2003. Submitted March 2006.download (70 KB).
TPPD0068 Contains notes on a stylized version of household behaviour in the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS). The notes arose from a meeting between researchers from CoPS and the Melbourne Institute in November 2005. The purpose of the meeting was to explore the possibility of linking models developed independently by the two research groups. See also PPPA0066. Submitted March 2006. download (68 KB).
TPMH0067 Example of the generic (non-country specific) version of TERM (as at March 2006), For illustrative purposes, a 25-sector, 31-region China dataset is used. You'll need some sort of GEMPACK licence (eg, executable-image) to actually run the model. This download also includes the full suite of programs and scripts used to generate the China TERM database from a national CGE database (ORANI-G format) that includes the limited regional data needed for a "top-down" regional extension. To replicate the data process, a source code GEMPACK licence is needed. For more details see README.TXT. Submitted March 2006. download (5.3 MB).
PPPA0066 Powerpoint show by Philip Adams titled "Linking models: Experience from the IMPACT Project and CoPS" presented to a workshop held at the Melbourne Institute in May 2005. Submitted January 2006. download (44 KB).
TPGW0065 This paper contains an application of TERM to the regional grape and wine sectors of Australia. It covers the historical period 1999 to 2004, and projects the model forwards to 2015. Submitted November 2005. download (188 KB).
TPGW0064 This contains a brief summary of the differences between the urban-rural water trading version of TERM and the earlier version downloadable from TPGW0050. Submitted November 2005. download (4 KB).
TPMH0063 Data, TABLO programs, and MsWord files underlying the EMERALD model of Indonesia developed by Daniel Pambudi: a 19-sector, 26 region bottom-up regional CGE model. For more details see README.TXT. Submitted July 2005. download (1759 KB).
TPMH0062 TABLO program to transform an ORANIG03 database so that the MAKE matrix is diagonal: ie, a commodity x industry table becomes a commodity x commodity table. For more details see README.TXT. Submitted April 2005. download (114 KB).
EPJB0061 The Centre of Policy Studies has had a past life. This particular document, detailing a first-hand account of England's 1924-25 cricket Ashes tour of Australia, was among a mountain of old papers to be pulped before it was rescued and scanned for posterity. Submitted March 2005. download (285 KB).
TPMH0060 Regional SAM model and data: a simple regional SAM of the state of Paraná, Brazil; and a matching SAM-based GEMPACK model. For more details see README.TXT and PARANA.DOC. Submitted February 2005. download (24 KB).
TPMH0059 Reports some preliminary experiments on using Lahey Fortran programs (such as the EXEs generated by GEMPACK) to access large amounts of RAM. In particular the "3GB" switch for Win XP Pro is investigated. For more details see README.TXT and ALLOC.DOC. Submitted November 2004. download (373 KB).
TPMH0058 MsWord document showing how levels GEMPACK can be used to develop programs to rectify imbalances in a CGE database, or to update the database to a more recent year. Contains a series of worked examples to balance or update an ORANI-G database. Requires GEMPACK version 8 or later. See file README.TXT. Submitted October 2004. download (215 KB).
TPMH0057 Draft journal paper describing the TERM multiregional model of Australia, which contains (as of Oct 2004), the most detailed description available. Submitted October 2004. download (258 KB).
TPDP0056 Draft of thesis chapter describing construction of Indonesian TERM multiregional CGE database, by Djauhari Pambudi. Submitted September 2004. download (75 KB).
TPSY0055 This archive item reports solution times and RAM requirements from 25 simulations of a multi-regional model (Japanese TERM) differing by numbers of regions and sectors. A series of regressions relate time and RAM to model size. We conclude that, for example, a 10% increase in the number of regions might lead to a 29% increase in solution time. Zip of MsWord DOC. Constructed by Shusaku Yamamoto. Submitted September 2004. download (35 KB).
TPSY0054 This archive contains TABLO programs and data files used to convert the 2000 Japanese IO table to an 104 sector CGE model based on ORANIG03. Constructed by Shusaku Yamamoto. This is a preliminary version only. Requires source code GEMPACK. See file README.DOC. Submitted July 2004. download (722 KB).
TPPD0053 This paper deals with a problem that arises in dynamic simulations when using twists. Submitted by Peter Dixon and Maureen Rimmer, May 2004. download (23 KB).
TPPD0052 This paper is entitled 'Payroll taxes: thresholds, firm sizes, dead-weight losses and Commonwealth Grants Commission funding'. Submitted by Peter Dixon and Maureen Rimmer, February 2004. download (72 KB).
TPMH0051 This archive contains PDF files documenting the version of the MMRF-Green regional CGE model used for a 2003 CoPS course in Regional CGE Modelling. Also included are sufficient files to compile the model and run simulations (source code version of GEMPACK is needed). See file README.TXT. Submitted by Mark Horridge January 2004. download (629 KB).
TPGW0050 This archive contains all the files necessary to run a water reform scenario in the irrigation version of the TERM regional CGE model. It also includes a paper with detailed documentation of the model. See file README.TXT. Submitted GW November 2003. download (1035 KB).
TPMH0049 This archive contains PQINDEX.DOC [or PDF] which compares several methods of computing price and quantity indices, with special reference to the small-change computations used by GEMPACK. Worked examples, using Excel and GEMPACK are included. See file README.TXT. Submitted by Mark Horridge October 2003. download (526 KB).
TPMH0048 This archive contains SAMBAL.TAB, a GEMPACK program for balancing square SAMs. See files README.TXT and SAMBAL.DOC. Submitted November 2003. download (200 KB).
TPMH0047 This archive contains TABLO programs and data files used to convert the 1991 Iran IO table to an 78 sector CGE model based on ORANIG. Requires source code GEMPACK. See file README.TXT. Submitted October 2003. download (270 KB).
PPMH0046 No topic is too humble for the CoPS research team, who now bring you this Powerpoint show: "How to open a milk carton". Submitted September 2003. download (1.8 MB).
TPMH0045 This archive contains TABLO programs and data files used to convert the 1995 Japanese IO table to an 86 sector CGE model based on ORANIG. Constructed by Shuji Kasajima. This is a preliminary version only. Requires GEMPACK. See file README.DOC. Submitted September 2003. download (797 KB). .
TPMH0043 This archive contains TABLO programs, BAT files, and data used to convert SAMs for 7 Southern African countries into the format used by the builders of the GTAP Version 5 data base. Requires GEMPACK. See file README.TXT. Submitted Mark Horridge April 2003. download (2.5 MB). .
TPMH0041 Material relating to the construction of a small [10-sector] CGE model of New Caledonia [Noumea], based on ORANIG01.Shows the process of constructing an ORANIG database from fairly rudimentary original data. A batch file is included which runs several TABLO programs which turn original USE and MAKE matrices into the ORANIG format. Requires GEMPACK. Submitted Mark Horridge April 2003. download (40 KB). .
EPMH0039 WinORANI: introductory level teaching kit based around MO, the miniature or skeletal version of ORANI described in Chapter 2 of "ORANI: A Multisectoral Model of the Australian Economy", (Dixon, Parmenter, Sutton and Vincent; North-Holland 1982). WinOrani is a non-GEMPACK interactive Windows program which generates numerical solutions for MO. A number of Word for Windows documents are included for use as teaching handouts. See README.TXT file in 444kb zip. Submitted Mark Horridge Mar 2003. download (444 KB).
TPDP0038 Materials to recreate a simulation of the effects of the Oct 2002 Bali bombing on Indonesian regions. Uses a bottoms-up, 19-sector, 26 province model and database. With document commenting on simulation results. Prepared by Djauhari Pambudi, submitted Feb 2003. download (2088 KB).
DPMH0037 Describes how the 1996-97 Australian Input-Output Tables, ABS catalogue no. 5209, are converted into "core" data files suitable for use (after further adaptation) by a range of CGE models used at CoPS. Prepared by Mark Horridge. Submitted February 2003. download (47 KB).
TPPD0034 This article develops a labour-market specification for MONASH in which labour supply responds to lagged changes in employment and unemployment. Using the new specification, the authors simulate an award-wage-freeze policy. Submitted September 2002. download (993 KB).
TPMH0033 Albanian input-output tables and Albanian CGE model. Produced by Mark Horridge in July 2002 as part of a GTAP/USAID project. Year 2000, 57 GTAP sectors, measured in Lek. Data for 2000 (HAR) and source code (TAB) files are supplied,so GEMPACK users can regenerate and run all the data construction programs. Includes a single-country CGE model which uses the IO table. See included file README.TXT. Submitted September 2002. download (993 KB).
TPMH0032 INDOCEEM is a CGE model of the Indonesian economy designed especially for analysing energy-related issues but useful also for analyzing other policy issues. Its equations are similar to the ORANIG01 model, with some fuel-related additions (such as within-fuels and fuel/primary factor substitution). It includes a top-down regional extension, distinguishing 26 provinces. Development of the model was funded by TAMF/AUSAID (Australian foreign aid) for the Center for Energy Information (CEI)/Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta. Data for 2000 (HAR) and source code (TAB) files are supplied, so GEMPACK users can regenerate and run the model. Submitted March 2002. download (669 KB).
EPPA0028 Teaching material for annual CoPS' courses on ORANI-G and MONASH prepared by Philip Adams. February 2002. download (889 KB).
PPPA0027 Collection of short reports and powerpoint presentations prepared by Philip Adams for the annual meetings of the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council's forecasting committee. February 2002. download (832 KB).
EPPA0026 Teaching material for third year course on Computable General Equilibrium modeling prepared by Philip Adams. February 2002. download (487 KB).
TPPA0025 Paper presented to the Australasian Regional Science Association annual conference held in Hobart in 2000. The paper's theme is forecasting using the MMRF-Green model. It provides an overview of MMRF-Green, describes the forecasting methodology, and reviews the latest set of forecasts for Australian states and sub-state regions. February 2002. Authors: Philip Adams, Mark Horridge and Brian Parmenter. download (77 KB).
TPPA0024 Paper presented to the GTAP conference held in Melbourne in 2000. The paper focuses on applied general equilibrium modeling and labour market forecasting at CoPS. February 2002. Authors: Tony Meagher, Philip Adams and Mark Horridge. download (77 KB).
EPPA0022 Teaching notes for MMRF-Green training course. Notes are in the form of a powerpoint presentation and were prepared by Philip Adams. Used so far at two training courses. January 2002. download (237 KB).
TPPA0021 Current draft of book detailing the theory, data and an application of the MMRF-Green model. Author: Philip Adams. Draft started in 2001. January 2002. download (332 KB).
EPPA0020 Teaching notes used by Philip Adams for the Crawford Master Class in CGE modelling conducted in Indonesia in March 2000. download (113 KB).
DPPA0018 In this study we estimate the output and employer multipliers associated with a small-scale regional investment project. By Philip Adams. Model used, Input-output. Project date, 2000. Client, PWC (David Cochrane). January 2002. download (5 KB).
TPPD0015 A new specification of labour supply in the MONASH model with an illustrative application. By Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer, August 2001. Submitted January 2002. download (78 KB).
TPPA0014 The effects on the Australian economy of the tourism downturn caused by the September-11 terrorist attack. Prepared for the Australian Bulletin of Labour. By Philip. D. Adams, Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer. Submitted January 2002. download (33 KB).
PPAW0010 "Developing a Cost of Capital Function for a Computable General Equilibrium Model", conference paper and powerpoint presentation prepared by Ashley Winston for the Seventh Annual Doctoral Research Conference, held at the Blythewood Grange, Ballarat, Victoria, December 12-13 2001. Submitted January 2002. download (90 KB).
PPAW0009 "Developing a Cost of Capital Function for a Computable General Equilibrium Model", conference paper and powerpoint presentation prepared by Ashley Winston for the PhD Conference in Economics and Business, University of Western Australia, Perth, November 7-9 2001. Submitted January 2002. download (230 KB).
PPHL0007 "Vintage capital approach applied to GE model of Taiwan", Word document and powerpoint presention by Huey-Lin Lee at Ballarat PhD student conference, November 2001. Submitted January 2002. download (143 KB).
TPPA0004 Report prepared for the Australian Greenhouse Office showing the impact of efficiency standards measures in electricity generation. Modelling undertaken with MMRF-Green. Year of report, 2000. Report written by Philip Adams. Submitted January 2002. download (693 KB).
TPPA0002 Report written for Allen Consulting showing the impacts of various greenhouse response measures on the Victorian economy. Modelling undertaken with MMRF-Green. Year of report, 1999/2000. This work was funded by the Victorian government. Report written by Philip Adams. Submitted January 2002. download (53 KB).