FiPIt: A Simple, Fast Global Method for Solving Models with Two Endogenous States & Occasionally Binding Constraints

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Dynamics
Year: 2020
Volume: 37
Pages: 81-102

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We propose a simple and fast fixed-point iteration algorithm (FiPIt) to obtain the global, non-linear solution of macro models with two endogenous state variables and occasionally binding constraints. This method uses fixed-point iteration on Euler equations to avoid solving two simultaneous non-linear equations (as with the time iteration method) or creating modified state variables requiring irregular interpolation (as with the endogenous grids method). In the small-open-economy RBC and Sudden Stops models provided as examples, FiPIt is much faster than time iteration and various hybrid methods. (Copyright: Elsevier)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:red:issued:19-424
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26