Documentation
The current version of IGEM is 16, and it is described in detail in two volumes of PDF files.Volume 1
Table of Contents
1. The Intertemporal General Equilibrium Model
2. Data and base case considerations
3. The benefits and costs of the Clean Air Act: 1970-1990
4. Greenhouse gas emissions reductions and marginal abatement costs
5. The economic costs of climate change policy: an illustration
6. The role of induced technical change in simulation outcomes
7. The role of consumption-leisure tradeoff in simulation outcomes
8. Revenue recycling and environmental policy
9. The distributional impact of climate policy
References
Volume 2
1. Detailed description of the model
2. Estimating the demand side of the US economy
3. Estimating the supply side of the US economy
A. Summary equations of the model
B. Input-output accounts
C. Measuring industry labor input
D. Measuring industry capital input
E. Estimated parameters - production functions
F. Consumption functions: data and parameter estimates
G. Government accounts and tax rates: data and estimates
H. Merged into other sections during editing
I. Model solution algorithm