Dear all,
I encountered an error running my model in Dynare and I would appreciate it very much if any one could help me on this.
First of all I’m new in Dynare, my apologies if the answer is obvious or if I did a lot of mistakes in the mod file.
I have to estimate a model. First time I did it was in a mac device and it ran perfectly (with different Matlab and Dynare version for sure). The problem is now… I have no access to the device anymore, and trying to make it work in a windows 10 device.
During a first try, Dynare recognised an exogenous variable not declared or used in the model block (e_beta). As the error suggested me, I used the option ‘nostrict’ to run it.
Using ‘nostrict’ the model starts to compute. After returning me the steady state, Dynare gets me back the following error:
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initial_estimation_checks:: The forecast error variance in the multivariate Kalman filter became singular.
initial_estimation_checks:: This is often a sign of stochastic singularity, but can also sometimes happen by chance
initial_estimation_checks:: for a particular combination of parameters and data realizations.
initial_estimation_checks:: If you think the latter is the case, you should try with different initial values for the estimated parameters.ESTIMATION_CHECKS: There was an error in computing the likelihood for initial parameter values.
ESTIMATION_CHECKS: If this is not a problem with the setting of options (check the error message below),
ESTIMATION_CHECKS: you should try using the calibrated version of the model as starting values. To do
ESTIMATION_CHECKS: this, add an empty estimated_params_init-block with use_calibration option immediately before the estimation
ESTIMATION_CHECKS: command (and after the estimated_params-block so that it does not get overwritten):
Could you help me to identify the mistake?
For your reference, I have uploaded all the files necessary to run the code.
Many thanks in advance!
Kind regards
macrofish_discards_estimation.zip (91.0 KB)