ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e115391

D6.5 Integration guide for using common CGE/PE models with BESTMAP models

Ruth Delzeit^‡, Simone Markoff^§, Alena Schmidt^§, Birgit Mueller^|, Meike Will^¶, Chunhui Li^#, Jodi Gunning^#, Guy Ziv^#

‡ ifw, Kiel, Germany§ University of Basel, Basel, Swaziland| Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany¶ Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany# University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Ruth Delzeit ( ruth.delzeit@unibas.ch )

Corresponding author: Simone Markoff ( simone.markoff@unibas.ch )

This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Delzeit R, Markoff S, Schmidt A, Mueller B, Will M, Li C, Gunning J, Ziv G (2023) D6.5 Integration guide for using common CGE/PE models with BESTMAP models. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e115391

Abstract

This deliverable report provides an integration guide on how information gained in BESTMAP’s agent-based model can be used in the standard economic model to improve the assessment of agricultural policies in the European Union. First, the models used in the BESTMAP are explained. The integration guide discusses in detail the preconditions and challenges when linking agent-based models with standard economic models such as partial and general equilibrium models. As a result of an expert workshop, six challenges are identified. The report also presents suggestions on how to make use of the finding and presents a way forward to integrate the two types of models.

Keywords

economic, agriculture, policy