GTAP Data Bases: Points to Note on Procedure
- It is better to submit a table early and then refine and revise it, rather than to hold back on submission waiting for the best possible table.
- In preparing an I-O table, it is usually best to make structural adjustments before re-mapping the sectors.
- To ensure reproducibility, the work is best done in a programming facility such as GEMPACK or GAMS, rather than in a spreadsheet. However you should use a program with which you are comfortable.
An exercise book containing easy to use Gempack programs which assist contributors with the manipulation of simple IO/SAM data into the GTAP format is available. We strongly encourage contributors to go through these exercises.
Exercises in Contributing I-O Tables to the GTAP Data Base
by Horridge, Mark, Robert McDougall, Badri Narayanan and Terrie Walmsley - Once you have the mapping between your table and the GTAP commodities you should send it to Angel Aguiar so that it can be checked - this will reduce the time you may spend later fixing small errors in your mapping.
Last Modified: 6/2/2021 9:09:56 AM
