Stochastic/risky steady state using occbin

Occbin
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Dear All,

I have a model in which the occasionally binding constraint is slack in the steady state. The model is too complex to be solved using global solutions. Can I combine a risky/stochastic steady state approach with the occbin package to circumvent the precautionary behavior issue in a log-linearized solution?

Thank you.

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No, that is not feasible. You may want to check out DynareOBC, which may be suited for this.

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Thank you for the quick reply, Professor Pfeifer. Unfortunately, I cannot run any example from the DynareOBC folder. Is it because we have to stick to Dynare 4.5 version?

Should I tag @cfp in this thread?

Thank you again.

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Did you use the package from

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Thank you for checking in. Yes, I used this dynareOBC release.
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Then what is the error message you are getting?

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You can try the “firstorderaroundmean” or “firstorderaroundrss” options with DynareOBC. These should get you roughly what you want.

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Thank you for the follow up. This is the error message:

Error using dynareOBCCore
Failed reading Dynare output. This is usually caused by an incorrect command line option.

Error in dynareOBCSetup (line 297)
dynareOBC_ = dynareOBCCore( InputFileName, basevarargin, dynareOBC_, @() EnforceRequirementsAndGeneratePath( Update, OriginalPath, CurrentFolder, dynareOBCPath, InputFileName, varargin{:} ) );

Error in dynareOBC (line 711)
dynareOBCSetup( OriginalPath, CurrentFolder, dynareOBCPath, InputFileName, varargin{:} );

I get this error by just typing “dynareOBC AB06.mod” in the AdamBilli2006’s folder.

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Thank you for following up. When I type “dynareOBC AB06.mod FirstOrderAroundMean” or “dynareOBC AB06.mod FirstOrderAroundRSS”, I get the following error message:

Error using dynareOBCCore
Failed reading Dynare output. This is usually caused by an incorrect command line option.

Error in dynareOBCSetup (line 297)
dynareOBC_ = dynareOBCCore( InputFileName, basevarargin, dynareOBC_, @() EnforceRequirementsAndGeneratePath( Update, OriginalPath, CurrentFolder, dynareOBCPath, InputFileName, varargin{:} ) );

Error in dynareOBC (line 711)
dynareOBCSetup( OriginalPath, CurrentFolder, dynareOBCPath, InputFileName, varargin{:} );

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Do you have order=2 or order=3 in your Mod file?

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Thank you for following up. The order of approximation used doesn’t matter. The .mod file doesn’t run regardless of order=1, 2, or 3.

The error message is the same in all cases, as I described above.

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Please email me your MOD file to my personal email (see my website). (This is Tom Holden.)

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Thank you for the quick reply. I have just sent you an email to your gmail account.

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I’m trying to download an older version of Dynare compatible with dynareOBC. However, when I do it using the website Index of /release/windows, the URL is not found, or the downloaded version doesn’t proceed with the installation. (Version dynare-4.5.6-win.exe is the only one I could download to my computer.)

Could you please assist me with this? I appreciate any follow-up on this request.

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@jpfeifer It does look like a bug that Dynare 4.5.7 is missing from that folder.

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@cfp No, you are using the wrong link to the archived website. The correct one would be
https://www.dynare.org/release/windows/

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Thanks @jpfeifer . There you go @JamAl

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Thank you for the quick follow-up, Professor Pfeifer. When I Googled it, I could find only the other link copied in the previous message.

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I solved the issue. I had to drop from path the newer version of Dynare I currently use and add an older version to path instead. (I’m using Dynare 4.5.7.)

Thank you, Pfeifer and Holden.

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