solveOLG closed economy in Julia

Solves a simple AK-OLG-model for closed economy in Julia

About

Shows how to solve a simple deterministic overlapping-generations model (OLG) of Auerbauch-Kotlikoff type, solving for the transition path between two steady-states. The code uses global variables. Cohorts can be computed in parallel.

A model description can be found here: https://github.com/solveCGE/solveOLG_doc.

How to run

Parameters can be set in calib.jl. Policy shocks are defined in run_sim.jl (or just uncomment some of the predefined exemplary shocks). The model is then solved by just running run.jl:

julia -t4 run.jl

from the terminal or in the Julia REPL (julia -t4)

include("run.jl")

The number of threads has to be specified when calling Julia using the -t flag (i.e. the code above uses 4 threads). Running run_sim.jl twice allows taking time without precompilation.

Author

Philip Schuster