Crash of k_order_perturbation DLL under MATLAB/Windows
The following MOD-file crashes MATLAB under Windows:
var y, c, k, a, h, b;
varexo e, u;
parameters beta, rho, alpha, delta, theta, psi, tau;
alpha = 0.36;
rho = 0.95;
tau = 0.025;
beta = 0.99;
delta = 0.025;
psi = 0;
theta = 2.95;
phi = 0.1;
model;
c*theta*h^(1+psi)=(1-alpha)*y;
k = beta*(((exp(b)*c)/(exp(b(+1))*c(+1)))
*(exp(b(+1))*alpha*y(+1)+(1-delta)*k));
y = exp(a)*(k(-1)^alpha)*(h^(1-alpha));
k = exp(b)*(y-c)+(1-delta)*k(-1);
a = rho*a(-1)+tau*b(-1) + e;
b = tau*a(-1)+rho*b(-1) + u;
end;
initval;
y = 1.08068253095672;
c = 0.80359242014163;
h = 0.29175631001732;
k = 11.08360443260358;
a = 0;
b = 0;
e = 0;
u = 0;
end;
shocks;
var e; stderr 0.009;
var u; stderr 0.009;
var e, u = phi*0.009*0.009;
end;
stoch_simul(order=3,periods=100);
The crash only occurs under MATLAB+Windows. It does not occur on Octave or under GNU/Linux.
It seems to be a memory corruption, because MATLAB does not crash immediately within the MEX file, but a little after. However, under Linux, a Valgrind run reveals nothing suspicious. A gdb session under Windows is not helpful either.
Still to be tried:
- convert the MOD file for Dynare++, and see if it crashes
- investigate the MEX file by selectively commenting out/in portions of the code, to detect which one causes the memory corruption