A CGE Analysis of Trade Policy Options for the Palestinia...
Balian, Ohan![A CGE Analysis of Trade Policy Options for the Palestinian Economy](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/550/5500969/CHSBZCOP035500969.jpg)
This study constructs a static trade-focused computable general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of four policy scenarios on the Palestinian economy. The results of these four simulation exercises demonstrate that first, reductions in transaction costs substantially increase the volume of trade and improve the Palestinian terms of trade. Second, the lower dependency of the Palestinian workforce on Israel also increases exports by 8%, b...