Counterfactual code error

[gologan]

Hi everyone,

As part of my research I must perform a counterfactual analysis between two different simulated economies, however, I am having trouble with the code. The structure of my counterfactual code is as follows:

1. Benchmark model loading.
2. Sample size definition.
3. Initial values definition (previously estimated values of the parameters and standard deviations of structural shocks are taken as initial values).
4. Alternative model loading.
5. Alternative model simulation taking into account the initial values.

The error shown is: "Error using load - Number of columns on line 14 of ASCII file Modelo_benchmark.mod must be the same as previous lines". This makes sense since I am loading a code that defines the economic model and not a database. Given this error I wonder if Im making a concept error in the code or is it just a programmation mistyping. If necessary, I attach the code for the counterfactual analysis and the benchmark model code.

Thank you very much!

[jpfeifer]

Why exactly are you trying to load a mod-file, which is a text file. Shouldn't you be running Dynare on the mod-file and then load the _results.mat-file?

[gologan]

Dear Johannes,

Thank you very much for your answer, it helped me a lot to correct my mistake on the code. Now everything is running fine.