RunGTAP allows to you to conduct a variety of model simulations with the GTAP model. You can choose between several different versions of GTAP. Most versions allow you to choose from several closures. You can set values for the exogenous variables interactively, or read them from prepared files. You can choose among several methods to solve the model. You can view simulation results on-screen, print them, or export them to other programs. You can view, copy or print either the initial or the post-simulation model database. Finally, several tools are included to help explain or analyse results. Print out the tutorial document Ho2K.doc for a detailed guide to using RunGTAP.

RunGTAP uses a tabbed notebook or card index interface. The first 2 pages contain general information. The 3rd page contains information about the current version. The remaining 4 pages are arranged in the order in which they are typically used:

Closure · Shocks · Solve · Results

For information about the commands on the Menu bar see:

File · Copy · View · Version · Tools

There a few warnings that every RunGTAP user should heed: see RunGTAP Don'ts.

For any serious simulation, you need to learn how to compute and apply a large number of discrete shocks. See Reading large numbers of shocks from a SHK or HAR file

The file HELP.DOC in the RunGTAP directory is a Microsoft Word document, which you can print to get a hard copy of all the topics in [a slightly outdated version of] this help file.

A service update (fixing recently noted problems) can be downloaded from:

http://www.copsmodels.com/rgtpatch.htm

URL of this topic: www.copsmodels.com/webhelp/rungtap/hc_first.htm

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