Policy function calculation from Euler equation

 

We use the same Euler equation with labor

 

 

with CRRA utility function

 

  

 

that leads to ln(x) as .

 

Then, we have

 

and

  from FOC w.r.t.

with technology change parameter that is different from denoted as th in CRRA.

 

In steady state, we have

 

or

  given

 

We have to find  so as to satisfy

 

 

given  and . That is,

 

 

We repeat it from  and .

 

 

Algorithm:

(0)   Calculate constant labor from

   evaluated at some.

(1)   Set Euler equation:

 

and

evaluated at some.

(2)   Find k* such that  as steady-state level of k.

(3)   Calculate  given  and  from  and  up to t=n and save it.

(4)   Change  and find the best  leading to .

(5)   Change  and repeat (3) and (4) to recover policy function of k.

 

Behavior of policy function of k according to technology change