Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
international trade, Open Source Policy Center, simulates trade
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Abstract
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 ongoing, but there have been some key improvements and new tools made that will be very useful to future research.
Recommended Citation
Clawson, Jeff and Phillips, Kerk
(2017)
"International Trade Simulation,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017:
Iss.
1, Article 49.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/49