Hi everybody,
I have a problem in log-linearizing the typical quadratic adjustment cost function. The entire expression (it is the FOC for I_{t} in SW’03) reduces to zero. How can I deal with it?
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Your equation (2) will have S'' appear during linearization due to the Taylor approximation introducing another derivative. That term will not be 0.
Are you meaning that I should treat S() and S'() as variables rather then expliciting functional forms, and then find out the expression for \hat{S} and \hat{S}' by Taylor approximation?
No, I am saying that in the FOC, you should have S' appearing, which will be I_t/I_{t-1}-1. When you linearly approximate this expression, you should obtain something like \hat i_t-\hat i_{t-1}, which is not 0.
In the FOC I have I_{t}S' with S'=\frac{\gamma}{I_{t-1}}\left[\frac{I_{t}}{I_{t-1}}-1\right]; can’t get why you have depreciation rate of capital. But the point is the following. When I perform log linearization by Uhlig trick, I get:
\frac{I}{I}\gamma\left[\frac{I}{I}-1\right]\left(1+\widehat{\frac{I_{t}}{I_{t-1}}}+\widehat{\frac{I_{t}}{I_{t-1}}-1}\right) which results in zero.
The same reasoning applies for the forward part of thr FOC, isn’t it?
Thanks for the support professor
The delta should have been a 1. I fixed it. I gave up on the Uhlig trick long ago due to messy issues like this. Try a Taylor approximation. Also, you are approximating in the individual variables, not full expressions.
If I perform a Taylor approzimation on the whole equation, I will do a Taylor approximation in 4 variables right? I can’t arrive to the log linear form proposed by SW.
(ie.x_{t}=\frac{I_{t}}{I_{t-1}}, x_{t+1}=\frac{I_{t+1}}{I_{t}}, Q_{t}, Q_{t+1})
I can’t arrive to the log linear form proposed by SW by doing so.
You should have 6 variables. You can try