Economic Planning: How Should an Economy Grow

Table 9.4 shows the parameters that are used in this example.

Table 9.4: Parameters

Parameter Name	Interpretation
num_years	Number of years in planning horizon
init_stocks[i]	Initial stocks per industry (in £m)
init_productive_capacity[i]	Initial productive capacity per industry (in £m)
demand[i]	Yearly exogenous demand per industry (in £m) for years 1 through num_years
final_demand[i]	Yearly exogenous demand per industry (in £m) for years $\Argument{num\_ years}+1$ and later
production_coeff[i,j]	Production coefficient for input i and industry j
productive_capacity_coeff[i,j]	Productive capacity coefficient for input i and industry j
manpower_capacity	Yearly manpower capacity (in £m)