Example 2-3: Real Business Cycle Model with a Labor Decision (with Imperfect Information)

The files contained in the subdirectory \solve\ex23\ analyze the standard RBC model with endogenous labor decision.

The files in \solve\ex23symbolic do the differentiation in ex23 using symbolic algebra

They allow the user to specify the information sets relative to which the expectation operator is applied to different Euler equations, as described in the paper.

.m files

foc1

Intertemporal Euler equation.

foc2

Intratemporal Euler equation.

main

Computes the steady state, linearizes the FONCs around the steady state, solves the linearized model and simulates it.

steady

Solves for the steady state of the model given parameters..

Reference

Prescott, Edward C., 1986, Theory Ahead of Business Cycle Measurement, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 10(4), Fall, pages 9-22.