Extract (log-)linearized model-equations from Dynare

General DSGE Modeling
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Dear all,

I am working on a solution/estimation method outside of Dynare and would like to know whether it is possible to receive the (log-)linearized model-equations from Dynare after plugging in a non-linear model plus steady state. The reason is that I need the model in linear form but it is not possible to do that by hand as it is too complicated.
I know this question has been answered before and it was said that they can be found in _dynamic.m and _static.m but I do not really understand the structure of these files and how to use the output. Any advise would be highly appreciated.

Cheers

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No, the linearization is not easily available in a human-readable format. The _dynamic-files contain that, but they are hard to parse.-

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Ok, then I’ll have to figure out something else. Thank you for your answer.

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In case anybody stumbles across this forum-entry. I settled on a Matlab algorithm written by Tom Holden that log-linearizes your model-equations.
It can be found here: https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31693-automatic-solution-and-log-linearisation-of-dsge-models

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