An S4 class to represent a commodity subsidy

Subsidies are used to represent the financial support provided to production, consumption, or balance of a commodity.

Slots

name

character. Name of the subsidy object, used in sets.

desc

character. Description of the subsidy object.

comm

character. Name of the subsidized commodity.

region

character. Region where the subsidy is applied.

defVal

numeric. Default value of the subsidy.

sub

data.frame. Subsidy values.

region: character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.
year: integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.
slice: character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice.
inp: numeric. Input subsidy, e.g., per unit of commodity consumed by all processes.
out: numeric. Output subsidy, e.g., per unit of commodity produced by all processes.
bal: numeric. Balance subsidy, e.g., per unit of commodity balance (production - consumption).

misc

list. Any additional information or data to store in the subsidy object.