var dc, dd, v_c, v_d, x; varexo e_c, e_x, e_d; parameters DELTA THETA PSI MU_C MU_D RHO_X LAMBDA_DX; DELTA=.99; PSI=1.5; THETA=(1-7.5)/(1-1/PSI); MU_C=0.0015; MU_D=0.0015; RHO_X=.979; LAMBDA_DX=3; model; v_c = DELTA^THETA * exp((-THETA/PSI)*dc(+1) + (THETA-1)*log((1+v_c(+1))*exp(dc(+1))/v_c) ) * (1+v_c(+1))*exp(dc(+1)); v_d = DELTA^THETA * exp((-THETA/PSI)*dc(+1) + (THETA-1)*log((1+v_c(+1))*exp(dc(+1))/v_c) ) * (1+v_d(+1))*exp(dd(+1)); dc = MU_C + x(-1) + e_c; dd = MU_D + LAMBDA_DX*x(-1) + e_d; x = RHO_X * x(-1) + e_x; end; initval; v_c=15; v_d=15; dc=MU_C; dd=MU_D; x=0; e_c=0; e_x=0; e_d=0; end; shocks; var e_d; stderr .001; var e_c; stderr .001; var e_x; stderr .001; end; steady; estimated_params; DELTA, beta_pdf, 0.98,.005; THETA,normal_pdf,-19.5, 0.0025; PSI,normal_pdf,1.6, 0.1; MU_C,normal_pdf,0.001, 0.001; MU_D,normal_pdf,0.001, 0.001; RHO_X,normal_pdf,.98, 0.005; LAMBDA_DX,normal_pdf,3, 0.05; stderr e_d,inv_gamma_pdf,.0025, 30; stderr e_x,inv_gamma_pdf,.0003, 30; stderr e_c,inv_gamma_pdf,.01, 30; end; varobs v_d dd dc; estimation(datafile=simudata,mh_replic=1000,mh_jscale=.4,nodiagnostic);