Paper prepared for the 10 th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis hosted by Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, June 7-9, 2007 THE EFFECTS OF CONSUMER DEMAND PARAMETERS ON TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS: AN APPLICATION TO THE WORLD BANK LINKAGE MODEL by Sebnem Sahin, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe 1 (Preliminary version) April, 2007 1 Sebnem Sahin, The World Bank, ssahin@worldbank.org , Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, The World Bank, dvandermensbruggh@worldbank.org The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the view of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.