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function [xparam1, estim_params_, bayestopt_, lb, ub, M_]=set_prior(estim_params_, M_, options_)
% function [xparam1,estim_params_,bayestopt_,lb,ub]=set_prior(estim_params_)
% sets prior distributions
%
% INPUTS
% o estim_params_ [structure] characterizing parameters to be estimated.
% o M_ [structure] characterizing the model.
% o options_ [structure]
%
% OUTPUTS
% o xparam1 [double] vector of parameters to be estimated (initial values)
% o estim_params_ [structure] characterizing parameters to be estimated
% o bayestopt_ [structure] characterizing priors
% o lb [double] vector of lower bounds for the estimated parameters.
% o ub [double] vector of upper bounds for the estimated parameters.
% o M_ [structure] characterizing the model.
%
% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
% None
% Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Dynare Team
%
% This file is part of Dynare.
%
% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
% (at your option) any later version.
%
% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
% GNU General Public License for more details.
%
% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
% along with Dynare. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
nvx = size(estim_params_.var_exo,1);
nvn = size(estim_params_.var_endo,1);
ncx = size(estim_params_.corrx,1);
ncn = size(estim_params_.corrn,1);
np = size(estim_params_.param_vals,1);
estim_params_.nvx = nvx; %exogenous shock variances
estim_params_.nvn = nvn; %endogenous variances, i.e. measurement error
estim_params_.ncx = ncx; %exogenous shock correlations
estim_params_.ncn = ncn; % correlation between endogenous variables, i.e. measurement error.
estim_params_.np = np; % other parameters of the model
xparam1 = [];
ub = [];
lb = [];
bayestopt_.pshape = [];
bayestopt_.p1 = []; % prior mean
bayestopt_.p2 = []; % prior standard deviation
bayestopt_.p3 = []; % lower bound
bayestopt_.p4 = []; % upper bound
bayestopt_.p5 = zeros(nvx+nvn+ncx+ncn+np,1); % prior mode
bayestopt_.p6 = []; % first hyper-parameter (\alpha for the BETA and GAMMA distributions, s for the INVERSE GAMMAs, expectation for the GAUSSIAN distribution, lower bound for the UNIFORM distribution).
bayestopt_.p7 = []; % second hyper-parameter (\beta for the BETA and GAMMA distributions, \nu for the INVERSE GAMMAs, standard deviation for the GAUSSIAN distribution, upper bound for the UNIFORM distribution).
bayestopt_.jscale = [];
bayestopt_.name = {};
if nvx
xparam1 = estim_params_.var_exo(:,2);
ub = estim_params_.var_exo(:,4);
lb = estim_params_.var_exo(:,3);
bayestopt_.pshape = estim_params_.var_exo(:,5);
bayestopt_.p1 = estim_params_.var_exo(:,6);
bayestopt_.p2 = estim_params_.var_exo(:,7);
bayestopt_.p3 = estim_params_.var_exo(:,8);
bayestopt_.p4 = estim_params_.var_exo(:,9);
bayestopt_.jscale = estim_params_.var_exo(:,10);
bayestopt_.name = cellstr(M_.exo_names(estim_params_.var_exo(:,1),:));
end
if nvn
estim_params_.nvn_observable_correspondence=NaN(nvn,1); % stores number of corresponding observable
if isequal(M_.H,0) %if no previously set measurement error, initialize H
nvarobs = size(options_.varobs,1);
M_.H = zeros(nvarobs,nvarobs);
M_.Correlation_matrix_ME = eye(nvarobs);
end
for i=1:nvn
obsi_ = strmatch(deblank(M_.endo_names(estim_params_.var_endo(i,1),:)),deblank(options_.varobs),'exact');
if isempty(obsi_)
error(['The variable ' deblank(M_.endo_names(estim_params_.var_endo(i,1),:)) ' has to be declared as observable since you assume a measurement error on it.'])
end
estim_params_.nvn_observable_correspondence(i,1)=obsi_;
end
xparam1 = [xparam1; estim_params_.var_endo(:,2)];
ub = [ub; estim_params_.var_endo(:,4)];
lb = [lb; estim_params_.var_endo(:,3)];
bayestopt_.pshape = [ bayestopt_.pshape; estim_params_.var_endo(:,5)];
bayestopt_.p1 = [ bayestopt_.p1; estim_params_.var_endo(:,6)];
bayestopt_.p2 = [ bayestopt_.p2; estim_params_.var_endo(:,7)];
bayestopt_.p3 = [ bayestopt_.p3; estim_params_.var_endo(:,8)];
bayestopt_.p4 = [ bayestopt_.p4; estim_params_.var_endo(:,9)];
bayestopt_.jscale = [ bayestopt_.jscale; estim_params_.var_endo(:,10)];
bayestopt_.name = [ bayestopt_.name; cellstr(options_.varobs(estim_params_.nvn_observable_correspondence,:))];
end
if ncx
xparam1 = [xparam1; estim_params_.corrx(:,3)];
ub = [ub; max(min(estim_params_.corrx(:,5),1),-1)];
lb = [lb; min(max(estim_params_.corrx(:,4),-1),1)];
bayestopt_.pshape = [ bayestopt_.pshape; estim_params_.corrx(:,6)];
bayestopt_.p1 = [ bayestopt_.p1; estim_params_.corrx(:,7)];
bayestopt_.p2 = [ bayestopt_.p2; estim_params_.corrx(:,8)];
bayestopt_.p3 = [ bayestopt_.p3; estim_params_.corrx(:,9)];
bayestopt_.p4 = [ bayestopt_.p4; estim_params_.corrx(:,10)];
bayestopt_.jscale = [ bayestopt_.jscale; estim_params_.corrx(:,11)];
bayestopt_.name = [bayestopt_.name; cellstr([repmat('corr ',ncx,1)...
deblank(M_.exo_names(estim_params_.corrx(:,1),:)) ...
repmat(', ',ncx,1) , deblank(M_.exo_names(estim_params_.corrx(:,2),:))])];
end
if ncn
estim_params_.corrn_observable_correspondence=NaN(ncn,2);
if isequal(M_.H,0)
nvarobs = size(options_.varobs,1);
M_.H = zeros(nvarobs,nvarobs);
M_.Correlation_matrix_ME = eye(nvarobs);
end
xparam1 = [xparam1; estim_params_.corrn(:,3)];
ub = [ub; max(min(estim_params_.corrn(:,5),1),-1)];
lb = [lb; min(max(estim_params_.corrn(:,4),-1),1)];
bayestopt_.pshape = [ bayestopt_.pshape; estim_params_.corrn(:,6)];
bayestopt_.p1 = [ bayestopt_.p1; estim_params_.corrn(:,7)];
bayestopt_.p2 = [ bayestopt_.p2; estim_params_.corrn(:,8)];
bayestopt_.p3 = [ bayestopt_.p3; estim_params_.corrn(:,9)];
bayestopt_.p4 = [ bayestopt_.p4; estim_params_.corrn(:,10)];
bayestopt_.jscale = [ bayestopt_.jscale; estim_params_.corrn(:,11)];
bayestopt_.name = [bayestopt_.name; cellstr([repmat('corr ',ncn,1) ...
deblank(M_.endo_names(estim_params_.corrn(:,1),:)) ...
repmat(', ',ncn,1) , deblank(M_.endo_names(estim_params_.corrn(:,2),:))])];
for i=1:ncn
k1 = estim_params_.corrn(i,1);
k2 = estim_params_.corrn(i,2);
obsi1 = strmatch(deblank(M_.endo_names(k1,:)),deblank(options_.varobs),'exact'); %find correspondence to varobs to construct H in set_all_paramters
obsi2 = strmatch(deblank(M_.endo_names(k2,:)),deblank(options_.varobs),'exact');
estim_params_.corrn_observable_correspondence(i,:)=[obsi1,obsi2]; %save correspondence
end
end
if np
xparam1 = [xparam1; estim_params_.param_vals(:,2)];
ub = [ub; estim_params_.param_vals(:,4)];
lb = [lb; estim_params_.param_vals(:,3)];
bayestopt_.pshape = [ bayestopt_.pshape; estim_params_.param_vals(:,5)];
bayestopt_.p1 = [ bayestopt_.p1; estim_params_.param_vals(:,6)];
bayestopt_.p2 = [ bayestopt_.p2; estim_params_.param_vals(:,7)];
bayestopt_.p3 = [ bayestopt_.p3; estim_params_.param_vals(:,8)];
bayestopt_.p4 = [ bayestopt_.p4; estim_params_.param_vals(:,9)];
bayestopt_.jscale = [ bayestopt_.jscale; estim_params_.param_vals(:,10)];
bayestopt_.name = [bayestopt_.name; cellstr(M_.param_names(estim_params_.param_vals(:,1),:))];
end
bayestopt_.ub = ub;
bayestopt_.lb = lb;
bayestopt_.p6 = NaN(size(bayestopt_.p1)) ;
bayestopt_.p7 = bayestopt_.p6 ;
% generalized location parameters by default for beta distribution
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 1);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p3(k)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(k1)) = zeros(length(k1),1);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p4(k)));
bayestopt_.p4(k(k1)) = ones(length(k1),1);
for i=1:length(k)
if (bayestopt_.p1(k(i))<bayestopt_.p3(k(i))) || (bayestopt_.p1(k(i))>bayestopt_.p4(k(i)))
error(['The prior mean of ' bayestopt_.name{k(i)} ' has to be between the lower (' num2str(bayestopt_.p3(k(i))) ') and upper (' num2str(bayestopt_.p4(k(i))) ') bounds of the beta prior density!']);
end
mu = (bayestopt_.p1(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i)))/(bayestopt_.p4(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i)));
stdd = bayestopt_.p2(k(i))/(bayestopt_.p4(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i)));
if stdd^2 > (1-mu)*mu
error(sprintf(['Error in prior for %s: in a beta distribution with ' ...
'mean %f, the standard error can''t be larger than' ...
' %f.'], bayestopt_.name{k(i)},mu,sqrt((1-mu)*mu)))
end
bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) = (1-mu)*mu^2/stdd^2 - mu ;
bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p6(k(i))*(1/mu-1) ;
m = compute_prior_mode([ bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p3(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p4(k(i)) ],1);
if length(m)==1
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = m;
else
disp(['Prior distribution for parameter ' bayestopt_.name{k(i)} ' has two modes!'])
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p1(k(i)) ;
end
end
% generalized location parameter by default for gamma distribution
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 2);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p3(k)));
k2 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p4(k)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(k1)) = zeros(length(k1),1);
bayestopt_.p4(k(k2)) = Inf(length(k2),1);
for i=1:length(k)
if isinf(bayestopt_.p2(k(i)))
error(['Infinite prior standard deviation for parameter ' bayestopt_.name{k(i)} ' is not allowed (Gamma prior)!'])
end
mu = bayestopt_.p1(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i));
bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p2(k(i))^2/mu ;
bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) = mu/bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) ;
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = compute_prior_mode([ bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p3(k(i)) ], 2) ;
end
% truncation parameters by default for normal distribution
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 3);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p3(k)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(k1)) = -Inf*ones(length(k1),1);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p4(k)));
bayestopt_.p4(k(k1)) = Inf*ones(length(k1),1);
for i=1:length(k)
bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p1(k(i)) ;
bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p2(k(i)) ;
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p1(k(i)) ;
end
% inverse gamma distribution (type 1)
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 4);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p3(k)));
k2 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p4(k)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(k1)) = zeros(length(k1),1);
bayestopt_.p4(k(k2)) = Inf(length(k2),1);
for i=1:length(k)
[bayestopt_.p6(k(i)),bayestopt_.p7(k(i))] = ...
inverse_gamma_specification(bayestopt_.p1(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i)),bayestopt_.p2(k(i)),1,0) ;
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = compute_prior_mode([ bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p3(k(i)) ], 4) ;
end
% uniform distribution
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 5);
for i=1:length(k)
[bayestopt_.p1(k(i)),bayestopt_.p2(k(i)),bayestopt_.p6(k(i)),bayestopt_.p7(k(i))] = ...
uniform_specification(bayestopt_.p1(k(i)),bayestopt_.p2(k(i)),bayestopt_.p3(k(i)),bayestopt_.p4(k(i)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) ;
bayestopt_.p4(k(i)) = bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) ;
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = NaN ;
end
% inverse gamma distribution (type 2)
k = find(bayestopt_.pshape == 6);
k1 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p3(k)));
k2 = find(isnan(bayestopt_.p4(k)));
bayestopt_.p3(k(k1)) = zeros(length(k1),1);
bayestopt_.p4(k(k2)) = Inf(length(k2),1);
for i=1:length(k)
[bayestopt_.p6(k(i)),bayestopt_.p7(k(i))] = ...
inverse_gamma_specification(bayestopt_.p1(k(i))-bayestopt_.p3(k(i)),bayestopt_.p2(k(i)),2,0);
bayestopt_.p5(k(i)) = compute_prior_mode([ bayestopt_.p6(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p7(k(i)) , bayestopt_.p3(k(i)) ], 6) ;
end
k = find(isnan(xparam1));
if ~isempty(k)
xparam1(k) = bayestopt_.p1(k);
end
if options_.initialize_estimated_parameters_with_the_prior_mode
xparam1 = bayestopt_.p5;
k = find(isnan(xparam1));% Because the uniform density do not have a mode!
if ~isempty(k)
xparam1(k) = bayestopt_.p1(k);
end
xparam1 = transpose(xparam1);
end
% I create subfolder M_.dname/prior if needed.
CheckPath('prior',M_.dname);
% I save the prior definition if the prior has changed.
if exist([ M_.dname '/prior/definition.mat'])
old = load([M_.dname '/prior/definition.mat'],'bayestopt_');
prior_has_changed = 0;
if length(bayestopt_.p1)==length(old.bayestopt_.p1)
if any(bayestopt_.p1-old.bayestopt_.p1)
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p2-old.bayestopt_.p2)
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p3-old.bayestopt_.p3)
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p4-old.bayestopt_.p4)
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p5-old.bayestopt_.p5(:))
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p6-old.bayestopt_.p6)
prior_has_changed = 1;
elseif any(bayestopt_.p7-old.bayestopt_.p7)
prior_has_changed = 1;
end
else
prior_has_changed = 1;
end
if prior_has_changed
delete([M_.dname '/prior/definition.mat']);
save([M_.dname '/prior/definition.mat'],'bayestopt_');
end
else
save([M_.dname '/prior/definition.mat'],'bayestopt_');
end
% initialize persistent variables in priordens()
priordens(xparam1,bayestopt_.pshape,bayestopt_.p6,bayestopt_.p7, ...
bayestopt_.p3,bayestopt_.p4,1);
% Put bayestopt_ in matlab's workspace
assignin('base','bayestopt_',bayestopt_);
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