2011 Projects/Clients

State of Colorado: Sales and Use Tax Forecasting

Provide annual forecasts of Colorado state sale tax and use tax revenues to the Regional Transportation District (RTD). These forecasts will be used for annual and long-term budgeting purposes by the Transportation District. This project is managed through the University of Colorado. Miles Light is the team leader.

Solomon Islands / Asian Development Bank: Trade and Fiscal Reform

January–June, 2011. As part of a team to support fiscal and trade reform on the Solomon Islands, provide a revenue impact assessment for various reform options, specifically trade reform scenarios. Explain the benefits / costs of each reform option and help the government counterparts to design a new tax and trade system for the Islands.

Mongolia / Millennium Challenge Account: Energy Efficiency in Ulaanbaatar

February - August, 2011. Provide an assessment of the existing water-heating system in the poor neighborhoods of Ulaanbaatar, using engineering test data, construct a Cost-Benefit Model and a Rate of Return Model for new investment.  These models will be used by the MCA to choose new large-scale water-heating systems for the city of Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital in the world.

Panama Canal Trade Analysis (continued):

September, 2009 – September 2011. Determine how the Panama Canal Expansion will impact trade-flows through the Canal.  Then provide a model that links this trade expansion path to the local economy.  The final product is a set of reports how to better measure these impacts, and a model that can be used by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).

Economic Consequence Modeling: US Army Corps of Engineers

January – May 2011.  As part of the US-Canada Trade Waters Treaty, determine the economic consequences of various flooding events in the Pacific Northwest.  If possible, integrate the consequence modeling tool into the US Army Corps internal tools for consequence modeling.

2009/2010 Projects/Clients

Uzbekistan: Financial Crisis Impact Assessment 2010

Construct an example CGE model that can be used to explore the effects of the global economic & fiscal crisis upon the Uzbek economy. Introduce and explain how the model works and how to apply the model to local data. Local client: Institute of Forecasting Macroeconomic Research.

Panama Canal Trade Analysis – Panama 2009/10

September, 2009. Determine how the Panama Canal Expansion will impact trade-flows through the Canal.  Then provide a model that links this trade expansion path to the local economy.  The final product is a set of reports how to better measure these impacts, and a model that can be used by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).

ation and Informality 2010

Write a research paper related to government fiscal policy, the informal economy, and economic growth. The paper will use a CGE model and illustrate the findings using Jamaica as a case-study.  The report will be part of a compendium for the IADB.

bia – Saudi Aramco 2009/10

November, 2009. Together with a team of modeling experts, determine and characterize how the Copenhagen Climate Change agreement will impact world oil markets, from the viewpoint of Saudi Aramco’s position in global oil supply.

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sive Tax Reform III – Jamaica 2009

February, 2009. As in 2008, provide economic analysis and advice directly to the Minister of Finance.  Serve as resident economist to the 2009 tax-reform committee, provide updated impact estimates for proposed tax-policy revisions during the FY 2009/10 budget process.

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ing – Jamaica 2009

January, 2009. Provide a full-scale, 4-week training course in CGE modeling to the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Jamaican Ministry of Finance and Public Service. 

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onal Capacity Development – World Bank, Tashkent Uzbekistan

February and March, 2009. Assess and improve economic analysis and business process for a major economic “think tank” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.  Provide best-practice methodologies for economic analysis, reporting, and data-management on an overall, institutional level.  As a result, the institute’s products have become more attractive, their services are solicited more often, and their status within the policy community has improved. 

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Consequences Assessment Model – US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Infrastructure Protection

Develop an economic model and web-interface for use by the DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection, as well as all local and community offices.  The model should reflect best-practice economic theory, but the interface should be accessible to individuals with limited exposure to economic modeling.

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