Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE)

The TASTE program has been designed to allow a large number of users to analyze existing trade policies and perform tariff scenarios. It is based on the MAcMap-HS6 database (version 2, baseyear 2004). It addresses several needs: (1)Queries on the MAcMap-HS6 database and computation of aggregate tari...

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Autores principales: Horridge, Mark, Laborde Debucquet, David
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162038
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description The TASTE program has been designed to allow a large number of users to analyze existing trade policies and perform tariff scenarios. It is based on the MAcMap-HS6 database (version 2, baseyear 2004). It addresses several needs: (1)Queries on the MAcMap-HS6 database and computation of aggregate tariffs (bound and applied) at different sectoral and regional level (different aggregation methods allowed); (2)Simulations of tariff changes resulting from a trade policy scenario implemented at the product (HS6) level. Outputs can be used in different models and for instance, the integration in runGTAP is straightforward; and (3)Disaggregation tools for GTAP users in combination with the SPLITCOM software. TASTE comes with a huge database of bilateral trade flows and of applied and bound tariff rates distinguishing around 200 countries and 5000 HS6 goods. This data, based on a number of sources, has been processed by David Laborde. The trade flows are consistent with Version 7 of the GTAP database. The current version of TASTE uses the MAcMApHS6 version 2 data, and is designed to accompany the version 7 GTAP database. The TASTE program itself reads the enormous dataset and performs various operations using optimized routines, in particular:(1) Computing aggregated tariffs; (2) Transformation of scenarios about formula-based changes in bound rates into files of percent change shocks to applied rates -- which could be used by different models such as RunGTAP; (3) Generation of matrices of splitting weights which could be used to split a sector in the trade matrices of a GTAP model database (maybe using the SplitCom method).
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spelling CGSpace1620382025-04-25T18:40:18Z Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE) Horridge, Mark Laborde Debucquet, David trade policies tariffs international agreements exports imports commodities The TASTE program has been designed to allow a large number of users to analyze existing trade policies and perform tariff scenarios. It is based on the MAcMap-HS6 database (version 2, baseyear 2004). It addresses several needs: (1)Queries on the MAcMap-HS6 database and computation of aggregate tariffs (bound and applied) at different sectoral and regional level (different aggregation methods allowed); (2)Simulations of tariff changes resulting from a trade policy scenario implemented at the product (HS6) level. Outputs can be used in different models and for instance, the integration in runGTAP is straightforward; and (3)Disaggregation tools for GTAP users in combination with the SPLITCOM software. TASTE comes with a huge database of bilateral trade flows and of applied and bound tariff rates distinguishing around 200 countries and 5000 HS6 goods. This data, based on a number of sources, has been processed by David Laborde. The trade flows are consistent with Version 7 of the GTAP database. The current version of TASTE uses the MAcMApHS6 version 2 data, and is designed to accompany the version 7 GTAP database. The TASTE program itself reads the enormous dataset and performs various operations using optimized routines, in particular:(1) Computing aggregated tariffs; (2) Transformation of scenarios about formula-based changes in bound rates into files of percent change shocks to applied rates -- which could be used by different models such as RunGTAP; (3) Generation of matrices of splitting weights which could be used to split a sector in the trade matrices of a GTAP model database (maybe using the SplitCom method). 2009 2024-11-21T10:00:41Z 2024-11-21T10:00:41Z Wiki https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162038 en Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Horridge, Mark; Laborde Debucquet, David. 2009. Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162038
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tariffs
international agreements
exports
imports
commodities
Horridge, Mark
Laborde Debucquet, David
Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE)
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title_full_unstemmed Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE)
title_short Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE)
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topic trade policies
tariffs
international agreements
exports
imports
commodities
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162038
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