%NEOCLASSICAL_MODEL_SS.M function [SIG,DELTA,ALFA,BETTA,RHO,eta,c,cp,k,kp,a,ap,A,K,C]=neoclassical_model_ss %This program produces the the deep structural parameters and computes the steady state of the simple neoclassical growth model described in section 2.1 of ``Solving Dynamic General Equilibrium Models Using a Second-Order Approximation to the Policy Function,'' by Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe and Martin Uribe, (2001). % %(c) Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe and Martin Uribe %Date July 17, 2001, revised 22-Oct-2004 BETTA=0.95; %discount rate DELTA=1; %depreciation rate ALFA=0.3; %capital share RHO=0; %persistence of technology shock SIG=2; %intertemporal elasticity of substitution eta=[0 1]'; %Matrix defining driving force A = 1; %steady-state value of technology shock K = ((1/BETTA+DELTA-1)/ALFA)^(1/(ALFA-1)); %steady-state value of capital C = A * K^(ALFA)-DELTA*K; %steady-state value of consumption a = log(A); k = log(K); c = log(C); ap=a; kp=k; cp = c;