Modelling the Distributional Implications of Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries: The Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM)

This paper presents the Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM), a new simulation model which captures four critical aspects of rural economies in developing countries: (1) the role of the household as both a producer and a consumer of food crops; (2) high transaction costs of participating in markets; (3) market linkages among heterogeneous...本文提出了发展政策评估模型（Development Policy Evaluation Model，缩写DEVPEM），这是一款全新的仿真模型，能够精准刻画发展中国家农村经济的四大关键特征：(1) 农户同时作为粮食作物的生产者与消费者的双重角色；(2) 参与市场交易时面临的高额交易成本；(3) 异质性主体间的市场联动关系