DICE2013R-mc: A Matlab / CasADi Implementation of Vanilla DICE 2013R

TL;DR

This paper introduces DICE2013R-mc, a Matlab and CasADi implementation of the DICE 2013R climate-economy model, facilitating replication and analysis of climate-economic interactions.

Contribution

It provides a detailed Matlab/CasADi implementation of DICE2013R, aligning with the original code and enabling easier use and replication compared to the manual description.

Findings

Implementation matches the original DICE2013R model.

Facilitates easier replication and analysis.

Provides a practical tool for climate-economy research.

Abstract

This brief document provides a description of how to use DICE2013R-mc \cite{DICE2013R-mc}, a Matlab and CasADi-based implementation of the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and Economy (DICE). DICE2013R-mc provides the same basic functionality as the GAMS code (A manual is available for DICE2013R DICEManual). However, the description of the model in the manual (DICEManual) differs in several respects from the available code (DICECode). As our aim is replicate the functionality of (DICECode}, the description of the model is in reference to the implementation in (DICECode) rather than the description in (DICEManual). for DICE2013R as available at (DICECode).