Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)
Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)
The Global Trade Analysis Project is coordinated by the Center for Global Trade Analysis, which was founded in 1992 by Professor Thomas W. Hertel and is housed in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. GTAP is a publicly funded, global network of researchers and policy makers conducting quantitative analysis of international policy issues with the goal of improving the quality of quantitative analysis of global economic issues within an economy-wide framework through the development of analytical data bases, economics models, innovative methodologies, and education.
- Director: Channing Arndt