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Table 5 List of parameters and variables

From: Forecasting investment and consumption behavior of economic agents through dynamic computable general equilibrium model

Parameters

 

t

Time periods

 

T

Terminal period

 

ρ

Individual time-preference parameter

 

γ

Interest rate

 

τ

Growth rate

 

δ

Depreciation rate

 

ξ l

Share of consumption by Inst. Sector

 

j

Commodities

 

f

Financial Instruments

 

l

Institutional sectors - including Rest of World

 

\( {X}_0^j \)

Total output by commodity in the benchmark

 

I 0

Total Investment in the benchmark

 

\( {U}_0^l \)

Utility by Inst. Sectors in the benchmark

 

\( {C}_0^l \)

Consumption by Inst. Sectors in the benchmark

 

L 0

Labour supply/demand in the benchmark

 

KS 0

Initial Stock of capital

 

\( {K}_0^l \)

Capital endowment by Inst. Sector in the benchmark

 

\( {L}_0^l \)

Labour endowment by Inst. Sector in the benchmark

 

\( {\mathrm{Mix}}_0^l \)

Mixed Income endowment by Inst. Sector in the benchmark

 

IM 0

Total Imports in the benchmark

 

\( {B}_0^j \)

Intermediate consumption in the benchmark

 

\( V{A}_0^j \)

Value Added by commodity in the benchmark

 

\( GO{S}_0^j \)

Gross Operating Surplus by commodity in the benchmark

 

Ta l

Income tax rate by Inst. Sector

 

Ta j

Tax rate on output

 

Tr l

Transfers received by Inst. Sector from other Inst. Sectors

Endogenous variables

 

\( {X}_t^j \)

Output by commodity in t

 

I t

Investment in t

 

U l

Inter-temporal well-being by Inst. Sectors

 

\( {C}_t^l \)

Consumption by Inst. Sectors in t

 

\( {S}_t^l \)

Saving by Inst. Sectors in t

 

KS t

Capital stock in t

 

\( {M}_t^j \)

Imports by commodity in t

 

L t

Demand of labour in t

 

Mix t

Demand of mixed income in t

 

K t

Demand of capital in t

 

Pl t

Price of labour in t

 

Pmix t

Price of mixed income in t

 

\( Pv{a}_t^j \)

Price of Value Added by commodity in t

 

\( P{b}_t^j \)

Average cost of domestic production in t

 

\( {P}_t^j \)

Price of each commodity in t

 

RK t

Rental of capital in t

 

Pk t

Price of capital in t

 

Pu l

Intertemporal price of Utility by Inst. Sect.

 

\( P{c}_t^l \)

Price of consumption by Inst. Sect.

 

RA l

Intertemporal disposable income by Inst. Sect.

 

A l

Deposits by Institutional Sector

 

E l

Loans by Institutional Sector

 

\( {P}_t^f \)

Price of financial instruments in t

Exogenous variables and parameters

 

\( {Exp}_t^j \)

Exports by commodity in t

 

\( {L}_t^s \)

Labour supply in t

 

\( {Mix}_t^s \)

Mixed Income supply in t

 

\( P{m}_t^j \)

Price of imports in t

 

σ IM

El. of substitution between domestic goods and imports

 

σ Lmix

El. of substitution between labour and mixed income

 

σ VA

El. of substitution between Lmix and GOS in VA

 

σ U

El. of substitution in the consumption function