function DynareResults = initial_estimation_checks(objective_function,xparam1,DynareDataset,DatasetInfo,Model,EstimatedParameters,DynareOptions,BayesInfo,BoundsInfo,DynareResults) % function DynareResults = initial_estimation_checks(objective_function,xparam1,DynareDataset,DatasetInfo,Model,EstimatedParameters,DynareOptions,BayesInfo,BoundsInfo,DynareResults) % Checks data (complex values, ML evaluation, initial values, BK conditions,..) % % INPUTS % objective_function [function handle] of the objective function % xparam1: [vector] of parameters to be estimated % DynareDataset: [dseries] object storing the dataset % DataSetInfo: [structure] storing informations about the sample. % Model: [structure] decribing the model % EstimatedParameters [structure] characterizing parameters to be estimated % DynareOptions [structure] describing the options % BayesInfo [structure] describing the priors % BoundsInfo [structure] containing prior bounds % DynareResults [structure] storing the results % % OUTPUTS % DynareResults structure of temporary results % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % none % Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Dynare Team % % This file is part of Dynare. % % Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with Dynare. If not, see . %get maximum number of simultaneously observed variables for stochastic %singularity check maximum_number_non_missing_observations=max(sum(~isnan(DynareDataset.data),2)); if DynareOptions.order>1 && any(any(isnan(DynareDataset.data))) error('initial_estimation_checks:: particle filtering does not support missing observations') end if maximum_number_non_missing_observations>Model.exo_nbr+EstimatedParameters.nvn error(['initial_estimation_checks:: Estimation can''t take place because there are less declared shocks than observed variables!']) end if maximum_number_non_missing_observations>length(find(diag(Model.Sigma_e)))+EstimatedParameters.nvn error(['initial_estimation_checks:: Estimation can''t take place because too many shocks have been calibrated with a zero variance!']) end if (any(BayesInfo.pshape >0 ) && DynareOptions.mh_replic) && DynareOptions.mh_nblck<1 error(['initial_estimation_checks:: Bayesian estimation cannot be conducted with mh_nblocks=0.']) end old_steady_params=Model.params; %save initial parameters for check if steady state changes param values % % check if steady state solves static model (except if diffuse_filter == 1) [DynareResults.steady_state, new_steady_params] = evaluate_steady_state(DynareResults.steady_state,Model,DynareOptions,DynareResults,DynareOptions.diffuse_filter==0); if isfield(EstimatedParameters,'param_vals') && ~isempty(EstimatedParameters.param_vals) %check whether steady state file changes estimated parameters Model_par_varied=Model; %store Model structure Model_par_varied.params(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1))=Model_par_varied.params(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1))*1.01; %vary parameters [~, new_steady_params_2] = evaluate_steady_state(DynareResults.steady_state,Model_par_varied,DynareOptions,DynareResults,DynareOptions.diffuse_filter==0); changed_par_indices=find((old_steady_params(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1))-new_steady_params(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1))) ... | (Model_par_varied.params(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1))-new_steady_params_2(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(:,1)))); if ~isempty(changed_par_indices) fprintf('\nThe steady state file internally changed the values of the following estimated parameters:\n') disp(char(Model.param_names(EstimatedParameters.param_vals(changed_par_indices,1)))) fprintf('This will override the parameter values drawn from the proposal density and may lead to wrong results.\n') fprintf('Check whether this is really intended.\n') warning('The steady state file internally changes the values of the estimated parameters.') end end if any(BayesInfo.pshape) % if Bayesian estimation nvx=EstimatedParameters.nvx; if nvx && any(BayesInfo.p3(1:nvx)<0) warning('Your prior allows for negative standard deviations for structural shocks. Due to working with variances, Dynare will be able to continue, but it is recommended to change your prior.') end offset=nvx; nvn=EstimatedParameters.nvn; if nvn && any(BayesInfo.p3(1+offset:offset+nvn)<0) warning('Your prior allows for negative standard deviations for measurement error. Due to working with variances, Dynare will be able to continue, but it is recommended to change your prior.') end offset = nvx+nvn; ncx=EstimatedParameters.ncx; if ncx && (any(BayesInfo.p3(1+offset:offset+ncx)<-1) || any(BayesInfo.p4(1+offset:offset+ncx)>1)) warning('Your prior allows for correlations between structural shocks larger than +-1 and will not integrate to 1 due to truncation. Please change your prior') end offset = nvx+nvn+ncx; ncn=EstimatedParameters.ncn; if ncn && (any(BayesInfo.p3(1+offset:offset+ncn)<-1) || any(BayesInfo.p4(1+offset:offset+ncn)>1)) warning('Your prior allows for correlations between measurement errors larger than +-1 and will not integrate to 1 due to truncation. Please change your prior') end end % display warning if some parameters are still NaN test_for_deep_parameters_calibration(Model); [lnprior,~,~,info]= priordens(xparam1,BayesInfo.pshape,BayesInfo.p6,BayesInfo.p7,BayesInfo.p3,BayesInfo.p4); if any(info) fprintf('The prior density evaluated at the initial values is Inf for the following parameters: %s\n',BayesInfo.name{info,1}) error('The initial value of the prior is -Inf') end if DynareOptions.ramsey_policy %test whether specification matches inst_nbr = size(DynareOptions.instruments,1); if inst_nbr~=0 orig_endo_aux_nbr = Model.orig_endo_nbr + min(find([Model.aux_vars.type] == 6)) - 1; implied_inst_nbr = orig_endo_aux_nbr - Model.orig_eq_nbr; if inst_nbr>implied_inst_nbr error('You have specified more instruments than there are omitted equations') elseif inst_nbr 0 if DynareOptions.order>1 [eigenvalues_] = check(Model,DynareOptions, DynareResults); if any(abs(1-abs(eigenvalues_))1e-9)) || (DynareOptions.loglinear && any(abs(log(DynareResults.steady_state(BayesInfo.mfys)))>1e-9)) disp(['You are trying to estimate a model with a non zero steady state for the observed endogenous']) disp(['variables using demeaned data!']) error('You should change something in your mod file...') end end if ~isequal(DynareOptions.mode_compute,11) disp(['Initial value of the log posterior (or likelihood): ' num2str(-fval)]); end