Wisconsin National Data Consortium

I've been working on the WiNDCNational package. I have fully implemented methods for the US national table and am working on getting Australia running as well. The code is still a work in progress, but I can show off the methods I'm using to debug loading the data and verifying I'm loading it correctly.

Today we are going to have a discussion on dynamic models in MPSGE and Julia. We will go through a simple dynamic Ramsey model and work to understand its components and functionality. I would also like to find more examples of dynamic models in the literature.

Today I will discuss the WiNDC National Data, recreating the data from source to model. I will also start a conversation about modelling and how models are structured.

WiNDC.jl is a Julia package for working with WiNDC data and other structured economic data. This package is being decomposed into smaller packages to improve modularity and usability. Today we will discuss the abstract structure in the new WiNDCContainer.jl package, in particular the forwards facing API and how it is designed to be used by other packages and users. We will also touch on the WiNDCNational.jl package, which uses WiNDCContainer, an example package for working with national-level data.

In this seminar I will discuss the structure of the WiNDC API and solicit feedback on the design. I will also briefly discuss WiNDC.jl, a Julia package for working with WiNDC data.