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# Perl code for analysing ICP data for REStat paper
# "Incorporating Minimum Subsistence Consumption into International Comparisons of Real Income"
# file:
# purpose:
# author:  Robert Ackland (robert.ackland@anu.edu.au)
# date:    09Apr2008
# note:    This code has been released to enable further academic research in this area.
#          I would appreciate any comments/suggestions on the code, but unfortunately I am not able to
#          offer in-depth support.
#          Copyright (C), 2008
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These are the output from running the MINOS optimization software.  The files are parsed by routines in AffineResults.pl and CalcElaticities.pl.  I am not able to release the MINOS binary, so I'm only releasing the output files.  Eventually I would like to reimplement this work using open source optimization software.

The following two MINOS results files are produced by the perl script Uncon_AH_outer_bound.pl (which makes calls to MINOS).  Note that Uncon_AH_outer_bound.pl is not in this distribution.  In each results file (for each of the two years) there are 289 sets of parameter estimates - equation (10) in the paper is run for each combination of base and imputee country.
- minos_results_80.out
- minos_results_90.out

There are 10 MINOS results files that are produced by the perl script Uncon_Cons_AH_outer_bound.pl (which makes calles to MINOS).  Note that Uncon_Cons_AH_outer_bound.pl is not in this distribution.  There are 5 results files for each year.   
- minos_results_Cons.NLU_Y.out
  where: Y=80, 90
  From running equation (10) with additional constraints on the gammas such
  that each good is constrained to be either a necessity or a luxury or else is unconstrained.
  The constraint applied to each good is determined in the files data/e_cons_*.dat, where
  n=necessity, l=luxury, u=unconstrained 
- minos_results_Cons.homotrelax.X_Y.out
  where: X=01, 1, 2, 3; Y=80, 90
  From running equation (10) with additional constraints on the gammas that lead to a relaxation of
  the assumption of homotheticity.  The elasticities of demand are constrained to deviate from 
  what is implied by homotheticity by 1% (i.e. 0.99 to 1.01), 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively.  

