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International Trade Simulation, Jeff Clawson, Kerk Phillips
International Trade Simulation, Jeff Clawson, Kerk Phillips
Journal of Undergraduate Research
For the past year, this project has involved taking a trade simulation model, recreating it in a modern programming language and making it freely available through the Open Source Policy Center (OSPC). The program takes real world population data provided by the user and then simulates trade between countries. Unlike the natural sciences, Economists cannot always study their subjects in a controlled environment. Models like this project allow us to get an idea of what would happen, for example, in trade between the US and EU if there were to be a change in China’s taxes. Our project is still …