# Run Scotland's Public Finances in Julia

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-scotlands-public-finances-in-julia/72105
**Category:** Finance and Economics
**Created:** [November 26, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-scotlands-public-finances-in-julia/72105 "2021-11-26T11:02:27Z")
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### Author: ![grahamstark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/grahamstark/32/5200_2.png) [@grahamstark](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grahamstark)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-scotlands-public-finances-in-julia/72105/1 "2021-11-26T11:02:27Z")

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If you’re interested in public economics or policy research generally this might interest you:

[https://stb.virtual-worlds.scot/scotbudg/](https://stb.virtual-worlds.scot/scotbudg/)

it’s a front-end to a [microsimulation of the fiscal system of Scotland](https://github.com/grahamstark/ScottishTaxBenefitModel.jl). It lets you play at being the Finance Minister: you can manipulate income taxes and state benefits and get detailed information on costings, numbers gaining and losing, changes to incentives to work, rates of poverty, and inequality.

This is a relatively simple front-end in [Dash](https://dash-julia.plotly.com/), one of a series I have planned. Another one [explores household budget constraints](https://stb.virtual-worlds.scot/bcd/) - the very complex relationship between the amount you earn and how much your household ends up with, after taxes are deducted and benefits added.

Comments and contributions very welcome.

Graham