# Are there methods to enter the steady state other than using the initval commands

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**Category:** Steady state
**Created:** [26 February 2020 18:30 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/are-there-methods-to-enter-the-steady-state-other-than-using-the-initval-commands/15284 "2020-02-26T18:30:51Z")
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### Author: ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)
#### Post date: [27 February 2020 08:19 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/are-there-methods-to-enter-the-steady-state-other-than-using-the-initval-commands/15284/3 "2020-02-27T08:19:26Z")

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> [@Likelihood only!](https://forum.dynare.org/t/likelihood-only/3850/51):
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> Calibration only once updates the other parameters depending on the estimated one. That’s why you should use model-local variables (the ones with the pound operator) or a steady state file. See Remark 4 (Parameter dependence and the use of model-local variables) in [Pfeifer(2013): “A Guide to Specifying Observation Equations for the Estimation of DSGE Models”](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r89OU5OE3CBa6tOlj6l3hNVWEaRH5Anv/view?usp=sharing).

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