Agricultural Sector Models for the United States: Descriptions and Selected Policy Applications Book

1	Introduction	3
2	POLYSIM: A National Agricultural Policy Simulator	11
3	AGSIM: An Econometric-Simulation Model of Regional Crop and National Livestock Production in the United States	31
4	AGMOD: An Econometric Model of U.S. and World Agriculture	60
5	The CARD LP Model: A Documentation Summary	80
6	The BLS Model Operated at CARD: A Documentation Summary	108
7	The FAPRI Modeling System: A Documentation Summary	129
8	General Design of COMGEM: A Macroeconomic Model Emphasizing Agriculture	151
9	Instructions to Modelers and Comparison of the Baselines	183
10	Policy Evaluations with POLYSIM: Reduced Target Prices and Unilateral Free Trade	186
11	Policy Evaluation Exercises with AGSIM	197
12	AGMOD Policy Evaluation	208
13	Policy Evaluations with the CARD LP Modeling System	226
14	Policy Scenarios with the BLS Model Operated at CARD	246
15	Policy Scenarios with the FAPRI Modeling System
16	Application of COMGEM to Farm Policy Analysis	296
17	A Comparative Assessment of Model Results	321
18	Utility of Models for Policy Analysis and Decision Making	328