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Q-Tool Extension: Competitiveness: 1. Agenda
Q-Tool Extension: Competitiveness: 1. Agenda
1. Agenda
3. CGE Implementation
4. Conclusions
1. Agenda
Agenda
Specification of Competitiveness
Firm level (cost structure, innovation potential, ...) Sectoral level (market shares, mark-ups, ...) Country level (terms-of-trade,...)
Implementation of indicators in CGE core-model Illustrative policy application (here: EU leadership in climate policy)
Selected Definitions
Firm level: A firm is competitive if it can produce products [...] of superior quality or lower costs than its domestic and international competitors. (US-President`s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness 1985, S. 6) Sectoral level: ... Position of a sector in relation to other sectors or to the same sector in other countries in terms of market share and productivity. National level: Competitiveness [...] is understood to mean a sustained rise in the standards of living of a nation and as low a level of involuntary unemployment possible. (European Competitiveness Report 2004)
Indicators (1)
ex-post Based on: Output / Performance Market share Profitability Productivity (Relative) market shares RMS Revealed Comparative Advantage - RCA Productivity / Profitability Real Exchange Rate Terms of Trade Constant Market Shares (CMS) Productivity Per Capita Income Balance of Current Account ex-ante Input / Policy R&D Expenditures Stock of Human Capital Cost Structure Innovation Potential R&D expenditures Investment flows (FDI) Innovation Potential (Patents)
Firm level:
Sectoral level:
National level:
Labour unit costs R&D expenditures Investment Flows (FDI) Innovation Potential
Indicators: RCA
Revealed Comparative Advantage RCA (Balassa 1965)
3. CGE Implementation
Policy implementation:
Alternative emission reduction targets: - 5,10,15, 20, 25, 30% cutback of CO2 emissions compared to BaU Endogenous tax differentiation: - Tax rates discriminated in favour of carbon-intensive industries - Tax ratios between other sectors and carbon-intensive industries: 1 (uniform), 2, 5, 10, 20, inf (exemptions)
Aggregation:
Welfare change (in % HEV from BaU) 0 -0.5 -1 -1.5 -2 20 -2.5 0 15 5 10 10 5 25 2 30 1 Tax ratio 15 20 Emission reduction target inf
Terms of trade change (in %) 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2 0 15 5 10 10 5 25 2 30 1 Tax ratio 15 20 Emission reduction target inf 20
Output change for EIS (in % from BaU) 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 0 15 5 10 10 5 25 2 30 1 Tax ratio 15 20 Emission reduction target 20 inf
Output change for other industries (in % from BaU) 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2 0 15 5 10 10 5 25 2 30 1 Tax ratio 15 20 Emission reduction target inf 20
Conclusions
CGE Implementation of selected competitiveness indicators:
At national level: (Per-capita) income, Terms of Trade, etc. At sectoral level: RCA, RWA, etc.