Solution Techniques
Early CGE models were often solved by a program custom-written for that particular model. Models were expensive to construct, and sometimes appeared as a 'black box' to outsiders.
Today most CGE models are formulated and solved using one of the GEMPACK or GAMS software systems. Other systems such as AMPL or MATLAB are also used. Use of such systems has lowered the cost of entry to CGE modelling; allowed model simulations to be independently replicated; and increased the transparency of the models.
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