%-------------------------------------------- % Solve the RBC model by continuation method %-------------------------------------------- clear,clc %--------------------------------------------------------- % Add folder 'files' to the search path and load the model %--------------------------------------------------------- addpath('files'); load('model') %---------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Provide nodes and weights for the quadrature that approximates expectations %---------------------------------------------------------------------------- n_e=1; % number of shocks. [n_nodes,nodes,weights] = Monomials_2(n_e,eye(n_e)); % this quadrature function was written by Judd, Maliar, Maliar and Valero (2014). nodes=nodes'; % transpose to n_e-by-n_nodes %---------------------------------------------------- % Choose parameter values with a closed-form solution %---------------------------------------------------- BETA=.96; GAMMA=1; ALPHA=.3; RHO=.8; DELTA=1; SIGMA=.02; params=eval(symparams); %----------------------------------------------------------------------- % The closed-form solution for the case GAMMA=1, DELTA=1 for consumption %----------------------------------------------------------------------- g=(1-ALPHA*BETA)*exp(z)*k^ALPHA; %--------------------------------------------------------- % Use the closed-form solution to produce an initial guess %--------------------------------------------------------- % differentiate the closed-form solution up to fourth order gx=jacobian(g,x); gxx=jacobian(gx(:),x); gxxx=jacobian(gxx(:),x); gxxxx=jacobian(gxxx(:),x); % choose some arbitrary state - I use the steady state of the model of % interest (with DELTA=.1) k0=((1/BETA-1+.1)/ALPHA)^(1/(ALPHA-1)); z0=0; x0=[k0;z0]; % compute g(x) and its derivatives at x0 g0=double(subs(g,x(:),x0)); gx0=double(subs(gx,x(:),x0)); gxx0=double(subs(gxx,x(:),x0)); gxxx0=double(subs(gxxx,x(:),x0)); gxxxx0=double(subs(gxxxx,x(:),x0)); % transform the derivatives into a vector of coefficients [ initial_guess ] = derivs2coeffs(model,g0,gx0,gxx0,gxxx0,gxxxx0); % this is for order=4. for lower orders include only the relevant % derivatives, e.g. derivs2coeffs(model,g0,gx0,gxx0) is for second order. % define the center of the initial guess (this is the point at which we computed % the derivatives) c0=x0; % now we have the initial guess, and we can proceed to solve the model by % continuation %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % solve by Taylor projection and change the parameters gradually to the % required level %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tolX=1e-6; tolF=1e-6; maxiter=10; [coeffs,model]=tpsolve(initial_guess,x0,model,params,c0,nodes,weights,tolX,tolF,maxiter); % Now change the parameters GAMMA and DELTA gradually to their required levels: GAMMA_original=GAMMA; GAMMA_target=2; DELTA_original=DELTA; DELTA_target=.1; for h=0:.1:1 % this is the homotopy parameter GAMMA=(1-h)*GAMMA_original+h*GAMMA_target; DELTA=(1-h)*DELTA_original+h*DELTA_target; disp(['GAMMA=' num2str(GAMMA) ' DELTA=' num2str(DELTA)]) params(2)=GAMMA; params(5)=DELTA; [coeffs,model]=tpsolve(coeffs,x0,model,params,c0,nodes,weights,tolX,tolF,maxiter); end