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from quantecon import nullspace, mc_sample_path, var_quadratic_sum
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### Model Features
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### Model features
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* Linear quadratic (LQ) model
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* Representative household
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* Stochastic dynamic programming over an infinite horizon
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* Distortionary taxation
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## The Ramsey Problem
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## The Ramsey problem
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We begin by outlining the key assumptions regarding technology, households and the government sector.
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Among all such competitive equilibria, the Ramsey plan is the one that maximizes the welfare of the representative consumer.
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### Exogenous Variables
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### Exogenous variables
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Endowments, government expenditure, the preference shock process $b_t$, and
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promised coupon payments on initial government debt $s_t$ are all exogenous, and given by
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A labor-consumption process $\{\ell_t, c_t\}$ is called *feasible* if {eq}`lq_feasible` holds for all $t$.
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### Government Budget Constraint
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### Government budget constraint
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Where $p_t^0$ is again a scaled Arrow-Debreu price, the time zero government budget constraint is
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### Computing the Quadratic Term
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### Computing the quadratic term
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Let's consider how to obtain the term $\nu$ in {eq}`lq_gc22`.
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The first equation is known as a discrete Lyapunov equation and can be solved
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### Finite State Markov Case
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### Finite state Markov case
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Next, suppose that $\{x_t\}$ is the discrete Markov process described {ref}`above <lq_twospec>`.
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This last fact is applied in the calculations below.
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### Other Variables
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### A Martingale
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### A martingale
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### Comments on the Code
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### Comments on the code
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The function `var_quadratic_sum` imported from `quadsums` is for computing the value of {eq}`lq_eqs`
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### The Discrete Case
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### The discrete case
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