After adding trivial variables cannot find steady state

Dynare help (legacy posts)
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Hi All

I have a weird problem that pops up from time to time that is driving me nuts. Basically, I have a model that seems to be working fine, then I add a trivial extra variable (or variables), which I set equal to a constant (for example a linear function of another variable, or a parameter, or a number). I then try to compute the steady state again, but now Dynare can’t find the steady state any more! I have tried setting initval to the correct steady state but this doesn’t help.

I have attached the latest example. In this case, the added variable is ‘G’, in line 99. Without G, Dynare works fine; adding G creates problems.

Can anybody help me with this? I would greatly appreciate!

Gideon Magnus
gfmagnus@uchicago.edu
gideonmagnus1.mod (20.7 KB)

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Hi Gideon,

This mod file works fine for me, with or without the “G” line. What error message are you getting? Is this with version 4.0.2?

cheers
Jamie