Added an option to skip the test on the number of periods over which the perfect foresight models are solved.

matlab/ep/extended_path.m

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ pfm.i_upd = pfm.ny+(1:pfm.periods*pfm.ny);
 % Set the algorithm for the perfect foresight solver
 options_.stack_solve_algo = options_.ep.stack_solve_algo;
 
+% Set check_stability flag
+do_not_check_stability_flag = ~options_.ep.check_stability;
+
+
 % Compute the first order reduced form if needed.
 %
 % REMARK. It is assumed that the user did run the same mod file with stoch_simul(order=1) and save
@@ -248,6 +252,11 @@ while (t<sample_size)
                     end
                 end
             end
+            if do_not_check_stability_flag
+                % Exit from the while loop.
+                oo_.endo_simul = tmp;
+                break
+            else
                 % Test if periods is big enough.
                 % Increase the number of periods.
                 options_.periods = options_.periods + options_.ep.step;
@@ -326,6 +335,7 @@ while (t<sample_size)
                         break
                     end
                 end% if info.convergence
+            end
         end% while
         if ~info.convergence% If exited from the while loop without achieving convergence, use an homotopic approach
             [INFO,tmp] = homotopic_steps(.5,.01);

matlab/global_initialization.m

@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ ep.maxit = 500;
 ep.periods = 200;
 % Default step for increasing the number of periods if needed
 ep.step = 50;
+% Set check_stability flag
+ep.check_stability = 1;
 % Define last periods used to test if the solution is stable with respect to an increase in the number of periods.
 ep.lp = 5;
 % Define first periods used to test if the solution is stable with respect to an increase in the number of periods.