Econometric estimation of Armington import elasticities for a regional CGE model of the Illinois economy

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Turner, Karen ^a   Ha, Soo Jung ^b   Hewings, Geoffrey J D ^c   McGregor, Peter ^d   Swales, Kim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armington import elasticities; CGE models; Input output tables; parameter estimates; regional modeling

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL TRADE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859366618     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2011.645800     Document Type: Article

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