APPLY COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) MODEL

The purpose of this work is to introduce the CGE
Model and apply it to measure the impacts
of production activities to the economy. The
expansion of hog production and processing on
the economy of Texas County, Oklahoma, was used as
the case study of this model. The impacts are
evaluated based on the measures of welfare.

Model in the short-run show that when output of Meat
Packing increases 10 times the output of Hog Product
increases 11.54 times while the changes of output of
other sectors are small, and all commodity prices
increase. The measures of regional welfare such as
Gross Regional Product increases 7.21%, indirect
business increases 8.33% and employment increases
10.74%. Results of the long-run show that output of
Hog Product increases 35.04 times when output of
Meatpacking increases 30 times. Output put of Other
Livestock decreases 47% because price of main
intermediate inputs such as Feed Grains and Other
Crops increase. The incremental gain of household
income is small but prices of necessary commodities
decrease cause households welfare gains from 0.34 to
0.55 percent.

Autorentext

Born in Can Tho, Vietnam, in 1957. BSc from Can Tho University,Can Tho City, Vietnam, in December 1980. MSc in Economics fromUniversity of the Philippines at Los Banos in 1992. PhD with amajor in Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University inDecember, 2000. Vice-Rector in charge of Academic affairs, CanthoUniversity, Vietnam.

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The purpose of this work is to introduce the CGEModel and apply it to measure the impactsof production activities to the economy. Theexpansion of hog production and processing onthe economy of Texas County, Oklahoma, was used asthe case study of this model. The impacts areevaluated based on the measures of welfare.Model in the short-run show that when output of MeatPacking increases 10 times the output of Hog Productincreases 11.54 times while the changes of output ofother sectors are small, and all commodity pricesincrease. The measures of regional welfare such asGross Regional Product increases 7.21%, indirectbusiness increases 8.33% and employment increases10.74%. Results of the long-run show that output ofHog Product increases 35.04 times when output ofMeatpacking increases 30 times. Output put of OtherLivestock decreases 47% because price of mainintermediate inputs such as Feed Grains and OtherCrops increase. The incremental gain of householdincome is small but prices of necessary commoditiesdecrease cause households welfare gains from 0.34 to0.55 percent.