First published in 1985 this volume brings together developments in the field of applied general equilibrium modelling.

1. Introduction John Piggott; 2. Hidden Challenges in Recent Applied General Equilibrium Exercises John Whalley; 3. The Measurement of Waste and Welfare in Applied General Equilibrium Models Erwin Diewert; 4. Sensitivity Analysis for Linearized Computable General Equilibrium Models Adrian Pagan and John Shannon; 5. The European Economic Community: General Equilibrium Computations and the Economic Implications of Membership John Spencer; 6. Economic Interdependence in the Pacific Basin: A General Equilibrium Approach Glenn Harrison and Larry Kimbell; 7. Regional Impacts of Tariffs in Canada: Preliminary Results from a Small Dimensional Numerical General Equilibrium Model Richard Jones, John Whalley and Randall Wigle; 8. Agricultural Protection and Market Insulation Policies: Applications of a Dynamic Multisectoral Model Tony Chisholm and Rodney Tyers; 9. A General Equilibrium Model of Taxation that Uses Micro-Unit Data: With An Application to the Impact of Instituting a Flat-Rate Income Tax Joel Slemrod; 10. Consumption Taxes, Foresight, and Welfare: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Charles Ballard and Larry Goulder; 11. Special Purpose Versions of a General Purpose Multisectoral Model: Tax Issues and the Australian Wine Industry Tony Meagher, Brian Parmenter, Russel Rimmer and Ken Clements; 12. General Equilibrium Analysis of Economic Policy Dale Jorgenson and Daniel Slesnick; 13. The Welfare Cost of Interest Rate Ceilings in Developing Countries: A General Equilibrium Approach Hasan Imam; 14. General Equilibrium with Price Rigidities Trien Nguyen; 15. Short-Run Macroeconomic Closure in Applied General Equilibrium Modelling: Experience from ORANI and Agenda for Further Research Russel Cooper, Keith McLaren and Alan Powell; 16. New Developments in the Application of General Equilibrium Models to Economic History John James.