April 2011 - Dev - dynare.org

[Trac] #182: Document DSGE-VAR in the ref manual
by Trac Dynare 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

#182: Document DSGE-VAR in the ref manual ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: sebastien | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Documentation | Version: Keywords: | ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/182> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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calling Matlab functions with no arguments
by Michel Juillard 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

In recent versions of Matlab, calling functions with no input arguments can be indicated with empty parentheses (). However this syntax is not allowed in older versions of Matlab. I searched, but couldn't find which version starts to authorize the () construct. Some time ago, we had decided not to use () in Dynare, but those have reappeared for some time. As far as I can see, the problem has not be mentioned on the forum since the end of 2008, but I have just received a message from somebody in Madagascar who encountered it. We should either remove () or find the Matlab version that first authorizes it and modify the mention that Dynare works with Matlab version 6.5 and above Please, tell me what you think Best Michel

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[Trac] #165: Fix problems with Octave 3.4
by Trac Dynare 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

#165: Fix problems with Octave 3.4 --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: critical | Milestone: Component: Core M-files | Version: 4.2.0 Keywords: | --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/165> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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Re: [DynareDev] identification preprocessor
by Sébastien Villemot 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Marco Ratto <marco.ratto(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu> writes: > Concerning documentation, I am now trying to rush with the coding, then I will > write a detailed manual for the identification toolbox. > Concerning texinfo, it looks nice but no experience: where are texinfo files in > dynare repository so I can learn a bit from them? Is there an easy way to > compile' texinfo sources to preview my editing? The ideal way of documenting stuff in Dynare is now the following: - the list of commands and options with their description should go in the reference manual; - the details of the methodology and of the algorithms should go in a working paper in our new Dynare working papers series. Of course each of the document can refer to the other, but we should try to stick as much as possible to this separation. Concerning Texinfo, I have written a wiki page: http://www.dynare.org/DynareWiki/ReferenceManual Under Windows, it is easy to compile the manual using the "texinfo" package of Cygwin. Best, -- Sébastien Villemot CEPREMAP - Paris School of Economics Homepage: http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Landline phone: +33 1 40 77 49 90 SIP phone: sebastien.villemot(a)ekiga.net PGP Key: 0xA6C029B9D06B2913D71C105EBE37E801FB6EFF8B (http://pgp.mit.edu/)

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7th Dynare Conference (Call for Papers)
by Sébastien Villemot 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Dear all, The 7th annual DYNARE Conference (www.dynare.org) will be held in Atlanta on September 9-10, 2011. The conference is organized by the Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta together with DSGE-net and the Dynare project at CEPREMAP. The DYNARE conference will feature the work of the leading scholars in dynamic macroeconomic modeling and provide an excellent opportunity to present your own research results. Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago) and Giorgio Primiceri (Northwestern University) will be plenary speakers. Submission of the papers focusing on the following issues is encouraged: - Model uncertainty and optimal policy; - Imperfect information and learning; - Model and parameter identification; - Occasionally binding financial constraints. The list is not all-inclusive. Submissions of papers dealing with different aspects of DSGE modelling and computational methods are all welcome. Submissions of papers using other software tools than DYNARE or theoretical contributions are also encouraged. Complete manuscripts or detailed abstracts should be sent in PDF format to Hanane Bahala at the following address: hanane.bahala(a)ens.fr Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2010. Authors of accepted papers will be informed by June 1, 2011. Organizers: - Michel Juillard (Bank of France); - Daniel Waggoner (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta); - Tao Zha (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Emory University). We apologize for multiple posting. -- Sébastien Villemot CEPREMAP - Paris School of Economics Homepage: http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Landline phone: +33 1 40 77 49 90 SIP phone: sebastien.villemot(a)ekiga.net PGP Key: 0xA6C029B9D06B2913D71C105EBE37E801FB6EFF8B (http://pgp.mit.edu/)

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Dynare Working Papers series
by Stéphane Adjemian 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Dear all, The Dynare team is pleased to announce the creation of the Dynare Working Papers series [1]. The Dynare Working Papers series is intended for the following kind of contributions: * methodological papers related to current or forthcoming Dynare functionality; * papers in quantitative macroeconomics whose results (or portion thereof) have been obtained with the help of Dynare. Authors are encouraged to submit papers falling into one of the two aforementioned categories, even if they have already been published in another working papers series. Note that contributions not directly related to Dynare, but still pertaining to the fields of numerical methods or of quantitative macroeconomics, are also welcome. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to: wp(a)dynare.org. We commit ourselves to giving a fast and fair editorial decision, but please forgive us if you do not receive a full-fledged referee report in return. The goal of this series being state of the art dissemination, the source code of computer programs used in the paper should also be included in the submission (this covers Dynare MOD files and/or any other program, whether written in MATLAB, Octave, Fortran, C, C++, etc). If the submission is accepted, the source code will be made publicly available on our website. Papers and codes published in the series are automatically added to the RePEc [2] database. We are waiting for your contributions! Stéphane and Sébastien. [1] http://www.dynare.org/wp [2] http://ideas.repec.org/s/cpm/dynare.html

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[Trac] #176: preprocessor fails when external functions are assigned to model local variables
by Trac Dynare 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

#176: preprocessor fails when external functions are assigned to model local variables --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: houtanb | Owner: houtanb Type: bug | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 4.3 Component: Preprocessor | Version: 4.2.0 Keywords: | --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/176> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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[Trac] #114: IRF: add an option to limit the exogenous shocked in the computations
by Trac Dynare 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

#114: IRF: add an option to limit the exogenous shocked in the computations --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 4.2 Component: Core M-files | Version: Keywords: | --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/114> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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