var i = Math.round(13*Math.random());
if (i==0)
{
document.write("![\"Jan](\"images/jvh.jpg\")
Jan van Heerden of the University of Pretoria has ");
document.write("developed several variants of his UPGEM CGE model of South Africa. Environmental ");
document.write("concerns, such as energy or water shortage, are a special focus. As well as using GEMPACK ");
document.write("in regular teaching, Jan has conducted several training courses based around UPGEM. He ");
document.write("has also used CGE modelling in several commercial consultancies, including a study of the ");
document.write("effects of expanding the higher education sector.
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}
else if (i==1)
{
document.write("![\"Joaquim](\"images/joaquim.jpg\")
Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho of the ESALQ campus of the ");
document.write("Universidade de São Paulo has ");
document.write("developed several CGE models of Brazil, emphasizing regional and ");
document.write("distributional concerns. He has designed post-graduate courses in CGE model-building, ");
document.write("and has co-ordinated the translation of various resources into Portuguese.
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}
else if (i==2)
{
document.write("![\"UNPAD](\"images/unpad.jpg\")
Professor Armida Alisjahbana and her team at the Center for Economics and Development Studies at ");
document.write("Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, are developing the INDOTERM CGE model of the ");
document.write("Indonesian and West Java economies to study the national and regional (West Java) impacts ");
document.write("of national and regional economic policies. Their simulations show the effects of: ");
document.write("allowing rice imports; growing bio-diesel fuel; and changes in commodity ");
document.write("prices.
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}
else if (i==3)
{
document.write("![\"Maureen](\"images/mr.jpg\")
Maureen Rimmer of CoPS pushes GEMPACK to the limit! She works with Peter ");
document.write("Dixon on the large MONASH-USA model, which distinguishes 500 ");
document.write("sectors, 50 states and 700 occupations. To perform multi-period forecasts with so large a ");
document.write("model is necessarily time- consuming -- efforts by GEMPACK developers to reduce her ");
document.write("simulation times have led to efficiency gains which benefit us all.
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}
else if (i==4)
{
document.write("![\"Kevin](\"images/kh.jpg\")
Kevin Hanslow has developed extraordinary technical skills during many years ");
document.write("of CGE modelling, at the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural ");
document.write("and Resource Economics, and now at the Centre ");
document.write("for International Economics. He has uncovered a number of subtle GEMPACK bugs, and ");
document.write("suggested several improvements.
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}
else if (i==5)
{
document.write("![\"TIER](\"images/tier.jpg\")
Dr. Chunto Tso,and his team (Ms. Chihwei Wang and Mr. Hau Ju) of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research ");
document.write("are developing an energy-oriented CGE model of Taiwan. The model, called Triple E, is ");
document.write("based on the TAIGEM model and is currently being used to examine the potential impacts of ");
document.write("fuel cell motors for motor scooters.
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}
else if (i==6)
{
document.write("![\"Edson](\"images/edson.jpg\")
Edson Domingues of the CEDEPLAR Regional Studies Centre in the Federal ");
document.write("University of Minas Gerais uses a bottom-up regional CGE of Brazil (with 27 states and ");
document.write("558 sub-regions) to model regional effects of government-funded infrastructure ");
document.write("projects.
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}
else if (i==7)
{
document.write("![\"Jeffrey](\"images/jbor.jpg\")
Professor Yunchang Jeffrey Bor of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (Taipei, ");
document.write("Taiwan) is Vice President, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and a ");
document.write("long-time CGE modeller, focussing particularly on energy-related ");
document.write("problems.
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}
else if (i==8)
{
document.write("![\"George](\"images/gv2.jpg\")
Veteran GEMPACKer George Verikios has worked for 3 Australian universities, ");
document.write("for ABARE (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics), for the ");
document.write("Australian Productivity Commission, and for ");
document.write(" consultants Access Economics. He now works for CoPS.");
document.write("Over the years George has ");
document.write("suggested several improvements to GEMPACK programs -- some addressed to the special ");
document.write("problems caused by corporate IT policies.
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}
else if (i==9)
{
document.write("![\"Joe](\"images/jfr.jpg\")
Joseph Francois, currently a ");
document.write("professor at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, has worked in several ");
document.write("universities, international organizations, and at the US International Trade Commission. ");
document.write("His research interests centre around international trade, but he also likes to play with ");
document.write("computer-based policy models. He is a long-time Mac user and has helped to adapt or ");
document.write("explain GEMPACK for Mac ");
document.write("users.
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}
else if (i==10)
{
document.write("![\"Alan](\"images/akfox.jpg\")
");
document.write(" Alan K Fox worked through the 1990's with Deardorff and Stern on the ");
document.write(" Michigan World Trade Model;");
document.write(" then moved in 2000 to the ");
document.write(" US International Trade Commission (USITC),");
document.write(" where he contributes to various CGE modelling projects. In the last few years he has published a");
document.write(" number of papers");
document.write(" about emissions trading.
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}
else if (i==11)
{
document.write("![\"Kasia](\"images/hannukasia.jpg\")
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document.write("Professor Hannu Törmä of ");
document.write("Ruralia Institute (Seinäjoki), University of Helsinki, ");
document.write("and Dr Katarzyna Zawalinska of the ");
document.write("Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences ");
document.write("cooperate to build the RegFin/RegPol ");
document.write("family of regional CGE models for Finland and Poland.
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}
else if (i==12)
{
document.write("![\"VATT](\"images/vattage.jpg\")
");
document.write(" For some years researchers at VATT ");
document.write("(Finland's Government Institute for ");
document.write("Economic Research) have been analysing policies with national and world CGE models, ");
document.write("culminating in VATTAGE: a dynamic model with rich detail on indirect and direct taxation, ");
document.write("energy consumption, and the dynamics of public sector expenditures. Pictured here are ");
document.write("Jouko Kinnunen, Kimmo Marttila and team leader Juha Honkatukia.
");
}
else if (i==13)
{
document.write("![\"Chris](\"images/schilling.jpg\")
");
document.write(" Economist Chris Schilling of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research");
document.write(" (NZIER)");
document.write(" has worked closely with CoPS to develop a 'MONASH-NZ' dynamic CGE model");
document.write(" for NZ. He works on topical NZ subjects including a number of climate change");
document.write(" modelling assignments, fiscal stimulus analysis and industry restructuring reviews.
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}