$title A General Equilibrium Version of the von Thunen Model (VONTHMGE,SEQ=156) $onText A General Equilibrium Version of the von Thunen Model. Mackinnon, J, A Technique for the Solution of Spatial Equilibrium Models. Journal of Regional Science 16, 3 (1976), 293-307. Keywords: mixed complementarity problem, general equilibrium model, von Thunen model, agricultural policy, GAMS - MPSGE framework $offText Set R 'regions' / R1*R12 / C 'commodities' / WHEAT, RICE, CORN, BARLEY / H 'households' / WORKER, OWNER, PORTER /; Scalar LTOT 'labor endowment' / 30 / TRNS 'transport endowment' / 20 /; Parameter D(R) 'distance to region R' A(R) 'area of region R' T(C) 'transport requirement' PHI(C) 'cost function scale parameter' BETA(C) 'cost function share parameter' ALPHA(*,H) 'demand function share'; D(R) = 5*(2*ord(R) - 1); A(R) = 2*pi*D(R); Table MISC(*,*) WHEAT RICE CORN BARLEY LEISURE PHI 1 2 3 4 BETA 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 T 0.015 0.006 0.004 0.01 WORKER 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 OWNER 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 PORTER 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 ; PHI(C) = MISC("PHI",C); BETA(C) = MISC("BETA",C); T(C) = MISC("T",C); ALPHA(C,H) = MISC(H,C); ALPHA("LEISURE",H) = MISC(H,"LEISURE"); $onText $MODEL:VONTHUN $SECTORS: Y(C,R) ! OUTPUT LEVEL $COMMODITIES: WL ! WORKER WAGE WP ! PORTER WAGE P(C) ! MARKET PRICE PK(R) ! RENTAL RATE $CONSUMER: PORTER WORKER OWNER $AUXILIARY: IP(R) ! INTERVENTION PURCHASE (BOUNDS PRICE) $PROD:Y(C,R) s:0 a:1 O:P(C) Q:PHI(C) I:WL Q:BETA(C) a: I:PK(R) Q:(1 - BETA(C)) a: I:WP Q:(T(C)*D(R)) $DEMAND:PORTER s:1 E:WP Q:TRNS D:P(C) Q:ALPHA(C,"PORTER") $DEMAND:WORKER s:1 E:WL Q:LTOT D:P(C) Q:ALPHA(C,"PORTER") D:WL Q:ALPHA("LEISURE","PORTER") $DEMAND:OWNER s:1 E:PK(R) Q:A(R) E:PK(R) Q:-1 R:IP(R) D:P(C) Q:ALPHA(C,"OWNER") $CONSTRAINT:IP(R) PK(R) =g= 0.001*WL; $offText $sysInclude mpsgeset VONTHUN $include VONTHUN.GEN solve VONTHUN using mcp;