I downloaded the dynare code from Ambrogio’s webpage
I try to replicate the model myself but I have problems with the calibration.
My question is, how do they determine the initial value of omegab =0.603892??
I will appreciate it a lot if someone can help me with this simple question!
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It is determined so that f=0.39.
mu = 0.25;
S = 0.207;
M = -.5*S^2;
omegab = 0.603892;
PHI = normcdf((log(omegab)-M)/S);
phi = normpdf((log(omegab)-M)/S) / (omegab*S);
g = normcdf((log(omegab)-M)/S - S) - PHI*mu + (1-PHI)*omegab;
f = 1-mu*PHI- g;
Dear Pfeifer
I have another few questions:
In page 900, “PHI is lognormal with a mean of unity and a standard deviation sigma” . Suppose that ln(omega) ~N(M,S). Then, we have the following relationship: exp(M+.5*S^2)=1, and (exp^(S^2)-1)*exp(2M+S^2)=sigma. In my opinion, S and sigma is different, but in the dynare code written by Ambrogio, they are the same.
In the equation " g = normcdf((log(omegab)-M)/S - S) - PHI*mu + (1-PHI)*omegab; ", I do know why the first term in right side needs to substract S.
Thanks
I haven’t looked at the paper in a long time. Have you asked Ambrogio about this?