%------------------------------------------- % RBC model with Markov-switching parameters %------------------------------------------- % The parameters that depend on the regime are the discount % factor and the depreciation rate. % There are 2 regimes. clear,clc %----------------------------------------- % Define symbolic variables and parameters %----------------------------------------- syms k kp c cp z zp epsp real syms BETA BETAp GAMMA ALPHA RHO DELTA DELTAp SIGMA real %----------------------------- % Function f (Euler condition) %----------------------------- f_fun=BETA*(c/cp)^GAMMA*(ALPHA*exp(zp)*kp^(ALPHA-1)+1-DELTAp)-1; % note the use of future depreciation rate DELTAp %------------------------------------------------------- % Function Phi (law of motion of capital and technology) %------------------------------------------------------- Phi_fun=[exp(z)*k^ALPHA+(1-DELTA)*k-c; % here we use the current depreciation rate DELTA RHO*z+SIGMA*epsp]; %-------------------------- % Vector of state variables %-------------------------- x=[k,z]; % current period xp=[kp,zp]; % future period %---------------------------- % Vector of control variables %---------------------------- y=[c]; % current period yp=[cp]; % future period %----------------- % Vector of shocks %----------------- shocks=[epsp]; %--------------------------- % Vector of fixed parameters %--------------------------- symparams=[GAMMA,ALPHA,RHO,SIGMA]; %-------------------------------------- % Vector of Markov-switching parameters %-------------------------------------- chi=[BETA,DELTA]; % current period chip=[BETAp,DELTAp]; % next period %-------------------- % Approximation order %-------------------- order=4; % fourth order is the maximum possible %------------------ % number of regimes %------------------ n_regimes=2; %---------------- % Call prepare_tp %---------------- model=prepare_tp(f_fun,Phi_fun,yp,y,xp,x,shocks,chip,chi,symparams,order,n_regimes); % % if you use auxiliary functions and variables, use the following syntax: % model=prepare_tp(f_fun,Phi_fun,yp,y,xp,x,shocks,chip,chi,symparams,order,n_regimes,auxfuns,auxvars); save('model') % you will need this later