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=length(shocks); % 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 %---------------------------------- % Make a vector of parameter values %---------------------------------- BETA=.96; GAMMA=2; PSI=1.5; ALPHA=.3; RHO=.8; DELTA=.1; SIGMA=.08; params=eval(symparams); %---------------------------------------------------------------------- % Prepare an initial guess - in this case I use a perturbation solution %---------------------------------------------------------------------- % Steady state values kss=((1/BETA-1+DELTA)/ALPHA)^(1/(ALPHA-1)); zss=0; css=kss^ALPHA-DELTA*kss; vss=css; xiss=vss; qss=BETA; nxss=[log(kss);zss]; nyss=[log(css);log(xiss);log(qss)]; % Cross moments of the shocks M=get_moments(nodes,weights,model.order(2)); % Compute the perturbation solution (keep the 4 outputs): [derivs,stoch_pert,nonstoch_pert,model]=get_pert(model,params,M,nxss,nyss); % Explanation of outputs: % derivs=structure with the perturbation solution as explained in Levintal % (2017): "Fifth-Order Perturbation Solution to DSGE Models". % stoch_pert=the perturbation solution in the form of unique polynomial coefficients. % nonstoch_pert=same as stoch_pert but without correction for the model volatility (i.e. this is a perturbation solution of a deterministic version of the model) %------------------------------------- % Solve the model by Taylor projection %------------------------------------- x0=nxss; % the approximation point (here we use the steady state, but it could be any arbitrary state) c0=nxss; % the center of the initial guess % tolerance parameters for the Newton solver tolX=1e-6; tolF=1e-6; maxiter=10; % model.jacobian='exact'; % this is the default % model.jacobian='approximate'; % for large models try the approximate jacobian. initial_guess=stoch_pert; [coeffs,model]=tpsolve(initial_guess,x0,model,params,c0,nodes,weights,tolX,tolF,maxiter); %------------------------------------------------------------------ % Compute the residual function and the model variables at point x0 %------------------------------------------------------------------ [R_fun0,g_fun0,Phi_fun0,auxvars0]=residual(coeffs,x0,params,c0,nodes,weights); %------------------------ % Check the interest rate %------------------------ logq=g_fun0(3); Rf=exp(-logq)-1 %---------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Increase risk aversion (gradually) and see how the interest rate falls %---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMMAvec=2:4:82; Rfvec=zeros(size(GAMMAvec)); i=0; for GAMMA=GAMMAvec i=i+1; params(2)=GAMMA; [coeffs,model]=tpsolve(coeffs,x0,model,params,c0,nodes,weights,tolX,tolF,maxiter); [R_fun0,g_fun0,Phi_fun0,auxvars0]=residual(coeffs,x0,params,c0,nodes,weights); logq=g_fun0(3); Rfvec(i)=exp(-logq)-1; end plot(GAMMAvec,Rfvec) xlabel('Risk aversion (GAMMA)') ylabel('Risk-free interest rate (Rf)')