Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
回顾了1970年代至20世纪末应用计算一般均衡模型的发展历程,描述了不同模型分支的并行演进及方法论争议,揭示了计算机化等力量如何深刻塑造应用经济学,并探讨了该领域后来被边缘化的原因。
We examine the evolution of applied, computational general-equilibrium models (AGE), from their inception in the 1970s through the end of the twentieth century. We describe the simultaneous development of several different “strains” of such models, along with some of the ensuing methodological disputes. The history of AGE analysis reveals how a number of developments, including computerization, have profoundly shaped applied economics. We examine the forces that came together to produce the early growth of AGE analysis, and we consider possible explanations for the subsequent marginalization.