// --+ options: json=compute, stochastic +-- var y x z v; varexo ex ey ez ; parameters a_y_1 a_y_2 b_y_1 b_y_2 b_x_1 b_x_2 d_y; // VAR parameters parameters beta e_c_m c_z_1 c_z_2; // PAC equation parameters a_y_1 = .2; a_y_2 = .3; b_y_1 = .1; b_y_2 = .4; b_x_1 = -.1; b_x_2 = -.2; d_y = .5; beta = .9; e_c_m = .1; c_z_1 = .7; c_z_2 = -.3; var_model(model_name=toto, structural, eqtags=['eq:x', 'eq:y', 'eq:v']); pac_model(auxiliary_model_name=toto, discount=beta, kind=dd, growth=diff(v(-1)), model_name=pacman); model(use_dll); [name='eq:y'] diff(y) = .01 + a_y_1*diff(y(-1)) + a_y_2*diff(x(-1)) + b_y_1*diff(y(-2)) + b_y_2*diff(x(-2)) + ey ; [name='eq:x'] diff(x) = .05 + b_x_1*diff(y(-2)) + b_x_2*diff(x(-1)) + ex ; [name='eq:v'] diff(v) = diff(x) + d_y*diff(y) ; [name='zpac'] diff(z) = e_c_m*(v(-1)-z(-1)) + c_z_1*diff(z(-1)) + c_z_2*diff(z(-2)) + pac_expectation(pacman) + ez; end; shocks; var ex = 1.0; var ey = 1.0; var ez = 1.0; end; // Initialize the PAC model (build the Companion VAR representation for the auxiliary model). pac.initialize('pacman'); // Update the parameters of the PAC expectation model (h0 and h1 vectors). pac.update.expectation('pacman'); // Set initial conditions to zero. Please use more sensible values if any... initialconditions = dseries(zeros(10, M_.endo_nbr+M_.exo_nbr), 2000Q1, vertcat(M_.endo_names,M_.exo_names)); // Simulate the model for 500 periods options_.solve_algo = 9; TrueData = simul_backward_model(initialconditions, 500); TrueData.save('example2.data') // Print expanded PAC_EXPECTATION term. pac.print('pacman', 'eq:pac'); clear eparams eparams.e_c_m = .9; eparams.c_z_1 = .5; eparams.c_z_2 = .2; // Define the dataset used for estimation edata = TrueData; edata.ez = dseries(NaN(TrueData.nobs, 1), 2000Q1, 'ez'); pac.estimate.nls('zpac', eparams, edata, 2005Q1:2005Q1+400, 'fmincon'); e_c_m_nls = M_.params(strmatch('e_c_m', M_.param_names, 'exact')); c_z_1_nls = M_.params(strmatch('c_z_1', M_.param_names, 'exact')); c_z_2_nls = M_.params(strmatch('c_z_2', M_.param_names, 'exact')); % Check consistency with disaggregated target ts1 = dseries('example1.data.mat'); ts2 = dseries('example2.data.mat'); if max(abs(ts1.z.data-ts2.z.data))>1e-12 error('Simulations in example1 and example2 are not consistent.') end e1 = load('example1.estimation.mat'); if abs(e_c_m_nls-e1.e_c_m_nls)>1e-6 || abs(c_z_1_nls-e1.c_z_1_nls)>1e-6 || abs(c_z_2_nls-e1.c_z_2_nls)>1e-6 error('Estimations in example1 and example2 are not consistent.') end delete example1.data.mat delete example2.data.mat delete example1.estimation.mat