dynare/matlab/get_companion_matrix.m

function get_companion_matrix(var_model_name)

% Gets the companion matrix associated with the var specified by
% var_model_name. Output stored in cellarray oo_.var.(var_model_name).H.
%
% INPUTS 
% - var_model_name   [string]        the name of the VAR model
%
% OUTPUTS 
% - None

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global oo_

get_ar_matrices(var_model_name);

% Get the number of lags
p = length(oo_.var.(var_model_name).AutoregressiveMatrices);

% Get the number of variables
n = length(oo_.var.(var_model_name).AutoregressiveMatrices{1});

% Initialise the companion matrix
oo_.var.(var_model_name).CompanionMatrix = zeros(n*p);

% Fill the companion matrix
oo_.var.(var_model_name).CompanionMatrix(1:n,1:n) = oo_.var.(var_model_name).AutoregressiveMatrices{1};

if p>1
    for i=2:p
        oo_.var.(var_model_name).CompanionMatrix(1:n,(i-1)*n+(1:n)) = oo_.var.(var_model_name).AutoregressiveMatrices{i};
        oo_.var.(var_model_name).CompanionMatrix((i-1)*n+(1:n),(i-2)*n+(1:n)) = eye(n);
    end
end