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Comment 2 on ‘Climate change policy and energy transition’ by Fisher

Comment 2 on ‘Climate change policy and energy transition’ by Fisher The Australian Journal of Journal of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60, pp. 708–709 Comment 2 on ‘Climate change policy and energy transition’ by Fisher Niven Winchester In ‘The economics of climate change policy and energy transition’, Brian S. Fisher provides an excellent overview of the contributions that economists in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) have made to the climate policy landscape. Fisher rightly highlights that ANZ economists have made meaningful impacts beyond both academia and the local region. In my opinion, by laying the foundations for the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and associated models, which is used by nearly all global analyses of climate policies, the contribution of ANZ practitioners to global quantitative climate and energy policy analysis cannot be overstated. As noted by Fisher, early versions of the GTAP database – maintained by the Center for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University – built heavily on the Sectoral Analysis of Liberalising Trade in the East Asian Region (SALTER) Project at the Australian Industry Commission. However, the influence of ANZ researchers extends beyond seeding the GTAP database. Robert McDougall, who led data and model development for the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.
ISSN
1364-985X
eISSN
1467-8489
DOI
10.1111/1467-8489.12189
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The Australian Journal of Journal of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60, pp. 708–709 Comment 2 on ‘Climate change policy and energy transition’ by Fisher Niven Winchester In ‘The economics of climate change policy and energy transition’, Brian S. Fisher provides an excellent overview of the contributions that economists in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) have made to the climate policy landscape. Fisher rightly highlights that ANZ economists have made meaningful impacts beyond both academia and the local region. In my opinion, by laying the foundations for the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and associated models, which is used by nearly all global analyses of climate policies, the contribution of ANZ practitioners to global quantitative climate and energy policy analysis cannot be overstated. As noted by Fisher, early versions of the GTAP database – maintained by the Center for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University – built heavily on the Sectoral Analysis of Liberalising Trade in the East Asian Region (SALTER) Project at the Australian Industry Commission. However, the influence of ANZ researchers extends beyond seeding the GTAP database. Robert McDougall, who led data and model development for the

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The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource EconomicsWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2016

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