clear all %%%%% Problem Set #3 %%%%% Declare parameter values beta = 0.99; alpha = 0.33; delta = 0.04; rho = 0.95; %%%%% Solve for non-stochastic steady state kn = ((alpha*beta)/(1-beta+delta*beta))^(1/(1-alpha)); %% k/n ratio % cl = (1-alpha)*(kn^alpha); %% c/(1-n) ratio % cn = (kn^alpha)-(delta*kn); %% c/n ratio nbar = cl/(cl+cn); cbar = cn*nbar; kbar = kn*nbar; %%%%% Other variables we need for coefficients ibar = delta*kbar; ybar = cbar+ibar; rbar = alpha*(kn^(alpha-1)); Rbar = 1+rbar-delta; %% check this equals 1/beta!! %%%%% Coefficients of log-linear model AA = [0;-kbar]; BB = [alpha;alpha*ybar+(1-delta)*kbar]; CC = [-1,-(alpha+(nbar/(1-nbar))); -cbar, (1-alpha)*ybar]; DD = [1;1]; FF = [0]; GG = [-beta*rbar*(1-alpha)]; HH = [0]; JJ = [-1,beta*rbar*(1-alpha)]; KK = [1,0]; LL = [beta*rbar]; MM = [0]; NN = rho; %%%%% Call Uhli's toolkit [l_equ,m_states] = size(AA); [l_equ,n_endog ] = size(CC); [l_equ,k_exog ] = size(DD); message = ' '; warnings = []; OPTIONS SOLVE %%%%% recover some plots T = 100; time = [0;cumsum(ones(T,1))]; ZZ = zeros(1,T+1); XX = zeros(1,T+1); YY = zeros(2,T+1); e0 = 1; for t = 1:T, ZZ(:,1) = e0; XX(:,1) = 0; YY(:,1) = zeros(2,1); ZZ(:,t+1) = NN*ZZ(:,t); XX(:,t+1) = PP*XX(:,t)+QQ*ZZ(:,t+1); YY(:,t+1) = RR*XX(:,t)+SS*ZZ(:,t+1); end productivity = ZZ; consumption = YY(1,:); employment = YY(2,:); capital = XX; output = (productivity+alpha*ybar*capital+(1-alpha)*ybar*employment)/ybar; investment = (ybar*output-cbar*consumption)/ibar; figure(1) plot(time,productivity,time,consumption,time,employment,time,investment) legend('productivity','consumption','employment','investment') %%%%% SIMULATIONS T = 1000; ZZ = zeros(1,T+1); XX = zeros(1,T+1); YY = zeros(2,T+1); %%%%% Begin with draw of innovations to technology EE = randn(T,1); %%%%% Consrtruct paths for ZZ and XX,YY for t = 1:T, ZZ(:,t+1) = NN*ZZ(:,t)+EE(t); XX(:,t+1) = PP*XX(:,t)+QQ*ZZ(:,t+1); YY(:,t+1) = RR*XX(:,t)+SS*ZZ(:,t+1); end %%%%% Drop first D observations D = 500 %% D