Solving for the addin factors for a group of trajectories

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renjinlu
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Solving for the addin factors for a group of trajectories

Postby renjinlu » Tue May 26, 2009 7:46 am

Hi, I have a question regarding add-in factors.
Using the Macromod workfile in our Eviews manual as an example. Suppose I give the model (with three equations for CN, R, I and one identity) a name "lalatest", and in baseline scenario, I solved for the static solution

lalatest.scenario "baseline"
smpl 1960q1 1999q4
lalatest.solve(d=s, o=g)

And then I created a comparison scenario with a dynamic solution

lalatest.scenario(n) "comparison1"
lalatest.solve(d=d,o=g)

Obviously, the dynamic and static solutions are different, and I want to use the addin factors to make the "comparison 1" scenario dynamic solution the same as the baseline. Here is what I did:

lalatest.addassign(v) @all 'create addin factors

lalatest.control cn_a cn cn_0 'Solve for the addin factor for CN
lalatest.control i_a i i_0 'Solve for the addin factor of I
lalatest.control r_a r r_0 'Solve for the add in factor for r
lalatest.control y_a y y_0 'Solve for the add in factor for y

lalatest.solve(d=d,o=g)

Unfortunately, it does not work. How can I make the solution of a model, with interactive equations in the model, equal to a set of trajectories? Thank you for your help!

EViews Chris
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Re: Solving for the addin factors for a group of trajectories

Postby EViews Chris » Tue May 26, 2009 12:04 pm

I think the following approach will do what you asked for, although I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to achieve.

Try out the code below and see what you think.


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lalatest.scenario "baseline"
smpl 1960q1 1999q4
lalatest.solve(d=s, o=g)

'create a comparison scenario with a dynamic solution

lalatest.scenario(n) "comparison1"
lalatest.solve(d=d,o=g)

'obviously, the dynamic and static solutions are different, and I want to use the addin factors to make the "comparison 1" scenario dynamic solution the same as the baseline

lalatest.addassign(v) @all 'create addin factors

'back up actuals
copy cn cnb
copy i ib
copy r rb
copy y yb

'overwrite actuals with scenario 1
cn = cn_0
i = i_0
r = r_0
y = y_0

'solve for add factors
lalatest.addinit(v=n) @stochastic

'restore actuals
cn = cnb
i = ib
r = rb
y = yb

'solve with add factors
lalatest.solve(d=d,o=g)

'show results: cn_2 should equal cn_0
show cn cn_0 cn_a cn_2


renjinlu
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Re: Solving for the addin factors for a group of trajectories

Postby renjinlu » Tue May 26, 2009 1:17 pm

Cool! It worked perfectly. You saved me a lot of time. Thanks!


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