diff --git a/doc/manual.xml b/doc/manual.xml
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--- a/doc/manual.xml
+++ b/doc/manual.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
</address>
</author>
-<copyright><year>1996, 2008</year><holder> Dynare Team</holder>
+<copyright><year>1996-2008</year><holder>Dynare Team</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -2677,10 +2677,92 @@ In Matlab, variables saved with the <command>dynasave</command> command can be r
<sect1><title>Misc commands</title>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><xref linkend="save_params_and_steady_state"/></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><xref linkend="load_params_and_steady_state"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="bvar_density"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="bvar_forecast"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+<refentry id="save_params_and_steady_state">
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>save_params_and_steady_state</refentrytitle>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>save_params_and_steady_state</refname>
+ <refpurpose>saves the values of the parameters and of the computed steady-state in a file</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>save_params_and_steady_state</command>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">;</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>For all parameters, endogenous and exogenous variables, stores
+ their value in a file, using a simple name/value associative array.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>for parameters, the value is taken from the last parameter
+ initialization</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>for exogenous, the value is taken from the last initval block</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>for endogenous, the value is taken from the last steady state computation
+ (or, if no steady state has been computed, from the last initval block)</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>Note that no variable type is stored in the file, so that the values
+ can be reloaded (with <xref linkend="load_params_and_steady_state"/>) in a setup where
+ the variable types are different.</para>
+ <para>The typical usage of this function is to compute the steady-state of a
+ model by calibrating the steady-state value of some endogenous variables (which implies that some parameters must be endogeneized
+ during the steady-state computation).</para>
+ <para>You would then write a first .mod file which computes the steady-state and saves the result of the
+ computation at the end of the file, using <command>save_params_and_steady_state</command>.</para>
+ <para>In a second file designed to perform the actual simulations, you would use <xref linkend="load_params_and_steady_state"/> just after
+ your variable declarations, in order to load the steady-state previously computed (including the parameters which had been
+ endogeneized during the steady-state computation).</para>
+ <para>The need for two separate .mod files arises from the fact that the variable declarations differ between the files for
+ steady-state calibration and for simulation (the set of endogenous and parameters differ between the two); this leads
+ to different <xref linkend="var"/> and <xref linkend="parameters"/> statements.</para>
+ <para>Also note that you can take advantage of the <xref linkend="include"/> directive to share the model equations between the two files.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<refentry id="load_params_and_steady_state">
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>load_params_and_steady_state</refentrytitle>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>load_params_and_steady_state</refname>
+ <refpurpose>loads the values of the parameters and of the steady-state from a file</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>load_params_and_steady_state</command>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">;</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>For all parameters, endogenous and exogenous variables, loads
+ their value from a file created with save_params_and_steady_state.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>for parameters, their value will be initialized as if they
+ had been calibrated in the .mod file</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>for endogenous and exogenous, their value will be initialized
+ as they would have been from an initval block</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>This function is used in conjunction with <xref linkend="save_params_and_steady_state"/>;
+ see the documentation of that function for more information.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
<refentry id="bvar_density">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>bvar_density</refentrytitle>
diff --git a/matlab/load_params_and_steady_state.m b/matlab/load_params_and_steady_state.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac023d5899a14da20395b9c76120dc712c66f537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matlab/load_params_and_steady_state.m
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+function load_params_and_steady_state(filename)
+% function load_params_and_steady_state(filename)
+%
+% For all parameters, endogenous and exogenous variables, loads
+% their value from a file created with save_params_and_steady_state.
+% * for parameters, their value will be initialized as if they
+% had been calibrated in the .mod file
+% * for endogenous and exogenous, their value will be initialized
+% as they would have been from an initval block
+%
+% INPUTS
+% filename: where to load from the saved values
+%
+% OUTPUTS
+% none
+%
+% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
+% none
+
+% Copyright (C) 2008 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/>.
+
+ global M_ oo_
+
+ load(filename);
+
+ if ~exist('stored_values')
+ error('LOAD_PARAMS_AND_INITVAL: filename provided was probably not created by save_params_and_initval')
+ end
+
+ names = fieldnames(stored_values);
+
+ for i = 1:size(names,1)
+ field = names{i};
+ j = strmatch(field, M_.param_names, 'exact');
+ if ~isempty(j)
+ M_.params(j) = stored_values.(field);
+ else
+ j = strmatch(field, M_.endo_names, 'exact');
+ if ~isempty(j)
+ oo_.steady_state(j) = stored_values.(field);
+ else
+ j = strmatch(field, M_.exo_names, 'exact');
+ if ~isempty(j)
+ oo_.exo_steady_state(j) = stored_values.(field);
+ else
+ warning(['LOAD_PARAMS_AND_INITVAL: Unknown symbol name: ', field])
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
diff --git a/matlab/save_params_and_steady_state.m b/matlab/save_params_and_steady_state.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c3c29fe5aba7bf59e25832ab1306f516b515443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matlab/save_params_and_steady_state.m
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+function save_params_and_steady_state(filename)
+% function save_params_and_steady_state(filename)
+%
+% For all parameters, endogenous and exogenous variables, stores
+% their value in a file, using a simple name/value associative array.
+% * for parameters, the value is taken from the last parameter
+% initialization
+% * for exogenous, the value is taken from the last initval block
+% * for endogenous, the value is taken from the last steady state
+% computation (or, if no steady state has been computed, from the
+% last initval block)
+% Note that no variable type is stored in the file, so that the values
+% can be reloaded (with load_params_and_steady_state) in a setup where
+% the variable types are different.
+%
+% INPUTS
+% filename: where to store the saved values
+%
+% OUTPUTS
+% none
+%
+% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
+% none
+
+% Copyright (C) 2008 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/>.
+
+ global M_ oo_
+
+ for i = 1:M_.param_nbr
+ stored_values.(deblank(M_.param_names(i,:))) = M_.params(i);
+ end
+
+ for i = 1:M_.endo_nbr
+ stored_values.(deblank(M_.endo_names(i,:))) = oo_.steady_state(i);
+ end
+
+ for i = 1:M_.exo_nbr
+ stored_values.(deblank(M_.exo_names(i,:))) = oo_.exo_steady_state(i);
+ end
+
+ save(filename, 'stored_values');