- handle sub lists of individual samplers
- split checks in dynare_estimation_init.m and before running posterior_sampler.m [invhess checks]
- posterior sampler options checks moved from initial_estimation_checks.m to check_posterior_sampler_options.m
- added use_mh_covariance_matrix to imh and rwmh
- slice re-sets mode_compute=0 cova_compute=0
- updated test function
There was no check in dynare_estimation_init.m whether the steady state solved, but the noconstant option was set nevertheless. This gave rise to cases where a steady state file returned 0 for the observables, but the steady state did not exits. Due to later using use_calibration, this problem with the initial values was not detected, but the observation equation featured no constant although it should. The solution is to move the use_calibration option before the first steady state computation and then issue an error if the parameterization does not work
dyn_forecast requires that the smoother has been run on all endogenous variables, leading to crashes. Now, if this option is encountered with classical forecasts, it is overridden. Also documents this in the manual.
If some parameters are NaN after computing the steady state, the message erroneously said that parameters had been changed. In a check for equality, NaN is not equal to NaN. Thus, NaNs are now taken care of separately.
* Second and third positional arguments after the name of the
estimated parameter in the estimated_params block are only
considered in the optimization stage (not in the MCMC)
* Do not store bounds in bayestopt_, because bounds do not always
reflect restrictions implied by prior shapes.
* prior_bounds routine returns a structure (with fields lb and ub)
instead of a matrix.
- Suppresses spurious output from dynare_estimation_1.m
- Removes unset output argument from dynare_estimation_init.m (which seems to be totally unused as it was not set at all and nobody reported any crashes)
- Corrects header of dynare_estimation_init.m
Otherwise, the generated m-file might be called as the datafile, leading to infinite loops. The check cannot be moved to makedataset because M_.fname is not available there.
If a file <MOD_FILE_NAME>_prior_restrictions.m exists in current folder, the value returned by this routine is
substracted to fval (likelihood-lnprior) at the end of dsge_likelihood. The arguments of this routine are: M_,
oo_, options_, dataset_ and dataset_info. Routines for writing <MOD_FILE_NAME>_prior_restrictions.m will be
provided later.