Course Materials Reading Assignments:

April 29th:
Chapters 1 and 2 from MPSGE Users' Guide (10 pages)

April 29th:
GAMS Users' Guide: Chapter 2 (Tutorial) pages: 5-19. (14 pages)

April 29th: (Optional)
MicroEconomics Review: Varian Text: Sections 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, Page 19 CES Examples, 2.1, 3.2, 4.1 4.3, P. 73-74, 7.2 - 7.4

Reading Materials

Armenia 2010 Course Syllabus

MPSGE User's Guide - Markusen and Rutherford's Compendium of MPSGE Papers and Resources

Varian: Microeconomic Analysis, 3rd. Ed. (8MB) - Ph.D. standard textbook for Microeconomic Theory

GAMS Users' Guide - Main Manual for GAMS Syntax and Usage

Other Course Materials:

• 1996 Colombia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)
• SAM.gms Progam
• What is a CGE Model? Presentation
• Presentation: Anatomy of a GAMS Model (With Beer Example)
• Two Ways to Run GAMS (PPT)
• Economic Ideas using MPSGE (Wednesday) (PDF)

Useful Links

Epsilon Text-editor Website: www.lugaru.com