IRFs are NaN

Dynare help (legacy posts)
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Hi, anyone has idea why while the mod file could compute simulated moments but cannot produce impulse response functions? All numbers recorded in IRF, e.g, variable_shock, are NaN.

Here is the mod file, a simple OLG neoclassical growth model.
gammaNotOne.mod (1.47 KB)

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Try putting order=1 or pruning into stoch_simul

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Thank you.
It does work if order=1. What is the reason?
If I simply change the risk aversion parameter gamma to 1 and accordingly modify the Euler equation slightly, the mod produces IRF even order=2. Why if gamma=2 the IRF are NaN?
Thanks.
gammaIsOne.mod (1.54 KB)

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I spot some errors in the mod file. The consumption variable should be forward-looking in the Euler equation.

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Without pruning the simulations used for generating the IRFs might be explosive. See the spawning literature on pruning starting with Kim, Kim, Schaumburg, Sims

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Hi Johannes,

  • if I have explosive IRFs and NaN in the moments without enabling pruning, does it mean that my model is wrong or there is a problem ?
  • If all seems ok at order 1 but I obtain explosive IRFs and NaN in the moments at order 2 and 3 (without enabling pruning option), does it mean that my model is wrong or there is a problem ?
    Thank you for your answer
    Best,
    Jonathan
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Explosive simulations without pruning don’t tell you anything about your model. It is just a problem with the solution technique used to solve your model. Just read the first two pages of Den Haan/De Wind (2012): “Nonlinear and stable perturbation-based approximations”.
If first order looks ok and only at second order problems appear, this simply suggests problem with pruning

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Thank you Johannes.