GTAP Network: Member Display
Member Details
|
Biography
Currently part of HarvestChoice team providing analytical and quantitative support to the 2010 Strategy Refresh of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the area of agricultural production technology. Using national household surveys to extract spatial distribution and characteristics of poor small farm holders in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mel holds a M. Sc. degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. Her thesis was entitled "Rainfall Probability and Income Distribution in Mozambique - A General Equilibrium Approach".
Before joining the GTAP Center in 1997, Melanie received a Masters in International Management degree from the European School of Management (EAP), with a specialization in market finance and information systems. Her first thesis is entitled "Price Risk Management Strategies in Agriculture and the Use of Derivatives - How can European Wheat Growers Hedge Efficiently Against Price Risk?".
|
Roles/Contributions
|
|
|
|
Interest Areas
|
|
|
GTAP-Related Resources
|
- GTAP 6 Data Base Documentation - Chapter 10: Data Viewing Software by Bacou, Melanie, Thomas Hertel, Wusheng Yu and Betina Dimaranan Publication: Center for Global Trade Analysis Resource Type: GTAP 6 Data Base Documentation Keywords: The GTAP Data Base and extensions - Alfred Marshall Project: An Open-Source Elasticity Database for Applied GGE work by van Nieuwkoop, Renger and Melanie Bacou Publication: Presented at the 5th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Taipei, Taiwan Resource Type: 2002 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation - GTAP 5 Data Base Documentation - Chapter 10: Data Viewing Software by Bacou, Melanie, Thomas Hertel, Wusheng Yu and Betina Dimaranan Publication: Center for Global Trade Analysis Resource Type: GTAP 5 Data Base Documentation Keywords: The GTAP Data Base and extensions - GTAP 4 Data Base Documentation - Chapter 10 by Bacou, Melanie, Thomas Hertel and Wusheng Yu Publication: Center for Global Trade Analysis Resource Type: GTAP 4 Data Base Documentation Keywords: The GTAP Data Base and extensions - Learning Applied General Equilibrium Analysis from a Distance: An Introduction to GTAP Online by Bacou, Melanie, Thomas Hertel and Channing Arndt Resource Type: GTAP Application Keywords: Software and modeling tools
|
Last Modified: 4/11/2020 3:48:42 PM