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Summary

  • add OptimumDebt_bellman-stages.ipynb for the elastic-labor benchmark in Aiyagari and McGrattan (1998)
  • decompose the household Bellman problem into labor-supply, consumption, and disc stages plus an inter-period connector
  • explain the stage/perch structure, Bellman equivalence, EGM step, and the tractable Cobb-Douglas labor-consumption condition

Test plan

  • verify the notebook contains all four required assignment sections
  • verify each stage defines arrival, decision, and continuation perches
  • verify the connector is described separately from the stages
  • verify the staged composition recovers the original Bellman formulation
  • verify the latest notebook version is pushed to the PR branch

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llorracc and others added 3 commits March 4, 2026 17:09
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Decomposes the elastic-labor benchmark model from Aiyagari & McGrattan
(1998) into the stage/perch/connector architecture from SolvingMicroDSOPs
Sections 12-13. The notebook covers:
- Section 1: Paper, model, Bellman equation
- Section 2: Why multiple stages (timing, modularity, DDSL concepts)
- Section 3: Three-stage decomposition (labor-supply, consumption, disc)
  with connector, explicit FOC derivations, and EGM inversion
- Section 4: Comparison with monolithic formulation

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Align the stage descriptions more closely with the lecture-note perch format and clarify the labor-supply shock timing wording. Add a brief explanation that the Cobb-Douglas structure keeps the labor-consumption coupling tractable despite the non-separable utility.

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@ccarrollATjhuecon ccarrollATjhuecon force-pushed the master branch 3 times, most recently from 2923cb6 to 0388475 Compare March 11, 2026 23:07
Changes from instructor feedback (already applied before this session):
- Revised stage tables, connector description, and equivalence proof

Changes from AI critique (SolvingMicroDSOPs Section 13 comparison):
- Fix labor-supply arrival: e is inherited from connector, not
  "realized between prec and sim" (contradicted V_prec = V_sim)
- Add bracket-notation stage list [labor-supply, consumption, disc]
  and control-name form [l, c̃, β̃]
- Add Element | Transition | Action table (matching Section 13 format)
- Add k-type / m-type state annotations at each perch
- Add subscript convention paragraph (period, stage, perch ordering)
- Align disc stage: discounting at decision perch (v_sim = β̃ v_succ),
  matching the disc table in the lecture notes
- Show explicit max in consumption decision-perch value function

MyST reference:
- Add {cite}`AiyagariMcGrattan1998` with YAML bibliography front matter
- Create OptimumDebt-references.bib with BibTeX entry
- Add entry to SolvingMicroDSOPs.bib

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Revision (Class 08): Updated per instructor feedback and AI critique against SolvingMicroDSOPs Section 13. Changes: (1) fixed labor-supply arrival perch — e inherited from connector, not realized between ≺ and ~; (2) added bracket stage list and transition table; (3) added k-type/m-type annotations; (4) aligned disc stage discounting to decision perch; (5) added MyST citation with .bib file.

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