Model variables#

This section summarizes variables output from the model in a format that is easy to search and print. The model variables are grouped together in common categories and are available in both the dictionaries of steady-state and transition-path output, unless noted otherwise in these docs.

Economic Aggregates#

Y#

Description: Aggregate output, GDP
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

B#

Description: Aggregate household savings
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

K#

Description: Aggregate capital stock
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

K_f#

Description: Aggregate capital stock owned by foreign investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

K_d#

Description: Aggregate capital stock owned by domestic investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

L#

Description: Aggregate labor
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

C#

Description: Aggregate consumption
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

I#

Description: Aggregate investment
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

I_total#

Description: Aggregate investment, not account for immigrant investment
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

I_d#

Description: Aggregate investment for domestic sources
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

K_g#

Description: Aggregate stock of infrastructure
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

I_g#

Description: Aggregate investment in infrastructure
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

BQ#

Description: Aggregate bequests
TPI dimensions: TxJ or T (if use_zeta=True)
SS dimensions: J or scalar if use_zeta=True)

RM#

Description: Aggregate remittances
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

Production Sector/Consumption Good Aggregates#

Y_m#

Description: Total output by industry
TPI dimensions: TxM
SS dimensions: M

K_m#

Description: Total capital stock by industry
TPI dimensions: TxM
SS dimensions: M

L_m#

Description: Total labor by industry
TPI dimensions: TxM
SS dimensions: M

C_i#

Description: Total consumption by consumption good
TPI dimensions: TxI
SS dimensions: I

Government Revenues, Outlays, and Debt#

TR#

Description: Aggregate government, non-pension transfer spending
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

agg_pension_outlays#

Description: Aggregate government pension outlays
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

G#

Description: Aggregate government consumption expenditures
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

UBI#

Description: Aggregate universal basic income outlays
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

total_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

business_tax_revenue#

Description: Total corporate income tax revenue
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

iit_payroll_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from personal income and payroll taxes
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

iit_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from personal income taxes
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

payroll_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from payroll taxes (i.e., social security contributions)
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

bequest_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from taxes on bequests
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

wealth_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from wealth taxes
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

cons_tax_revenue#

Description: Total tax revenue from consumption taxes
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

D#

Description: Total government debt
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

D_f#

Description: Total government debt held by foreign investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

D_d#

Description: Total government debt held by domestic investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

new_borrowing#

Description: New government borrowing, equal to budget deficit
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

debt_service#

Description: Total interest payments on government debt
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

new_borrowing_f#

Description: New government borrowing from foreign investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

debt_service_f#

Description: Government debt interest payments made to foreign investors
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

Prices#

r#

Description: Real rate of return on private capital per model period.
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

r_gov#

Description: Real rate of return on government debt per model period.
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

r_p#

Description: Real rate of return on household investment portfolio per model period.
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

w#

Description: Wage rate per effective labor hour
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

p_m#

Description: Price of output in each industry. Normalized so that price of industry M output is 1 (\(p_{m,t}=1\))
TPI dimensions: TxM
SS dimensions: M

p_i#

Description: Price of output in each industry
TPI dimensions: TxI
SS dimensions: I

p_tilde#

Description: Price of composite output good
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar

Household Variables#

b_sp1#

Description: Household savings
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

b_s#

Description: Household wealth (equal to savings from last period)
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

n#

Description: Household labor supply
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

c#

Description: Household consumption of composite good
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

c_i#

Description: Household consumption of differentiated consumption goods
TPI dimensions: TxSxJxI
SS dimensions: SxJxI

bq#

Description: Household bequest received
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

rm#

Description: Household remittances received
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

tr#

Description: Government transfers received by households
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

ubi#

Description: Universal basic income received by households
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

before_tax_income#

Description: Household before tax income
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

hh_taxes#

Description: Net taxes paid by households (taxes - transfers)
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

etr#

Description: Effective tax rate, income and payroll taxes
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

mtrx#

Description: Marginal tax rate on labor income
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

mtry#

Description: Marginal tax rate on capital income
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

theta#

Description: Replacement rate for US-style social security pension system. Steady-state only.
TPI dimensions:
SS dimensions: J

Model Scaling and Fit#

factor#

Description: Factor adjustment to convert from model units to local currency units to match mean income in local currency units. Steady-state only.
TPI dimensions:
SS dimensions: scalar

euler_savings#

Description: Errors in household FOC for choice of savings
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

euler_laborleisure#

Description: Errors in household FOC for choice of labor
TPI dimensions: TxSxJ
SS dimensions: SxJ

resource_constraint_error#

Description: Errors in resource constraint
TPI dimensions: T
SS dimensions: scalar