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Building Macro SAMs from Cross-Country Databases : Method and Matrices for 133 Countries / Martin Cicowiez, Hans Lofgren.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cicowiez, Martin, author.
- Lofgren, Hans, author.
- Series:
- Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 8273.
- Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 8273
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National income--Accounting.
- National income.
- Macroeconomics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Building Macro SAMs from Cross-Country Databases
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Colombia : World Bank, 2017.
- Summary:
- Social accounting matrices (SAMs) are the key data input for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. After a brief introduction to SAMs, this paper presents a method and related computer program for constructing macro SAMs from cross-country databases. The method is demonstrated in an appendix where it is used to build such a SAM for Guinea in Excel. With the help of the program, macro SAMs were built for 133 countries, including many low-income and/or fragile countries. The SAMs and the code for the program are available in electronic form. A companion paper presents a CGE model with a user-friendly interface for which such SAMs provide the bulk of the data needed for macro applications.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1596/1813-9450-8273
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