# Matlab-RBC-ISLMFE

**Repository Path**: alphergzhou/Matlab-RBC-ISLMFE

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Matlab-RBC-ISLMFE
- **Description**: Basic financial knowledge using Matlab to realize.
- **Primary Language**: Matlab
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-03-06
- **Last Updated**: 2025-03-06

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Matlab-RBC-ISLMFE

## Overview

This project, Matlab-RBC-ISLMFE, is a collection of MATLAB scripts designed to simulate and visualize various macroeconomic models. It focuses on implementing and analyzing the Real Business Cycle (RBC) model, the IS-LM model, and other related economic concepts using MATLAB.

## Main Features

1. **RBC Model Simulation**: Implements a basic Real Business Cycle model, simulating key economic variables over time.
2. **IS-LM Model Visualization**: Provides scripts to plot IS and LM curves, demonstrating the equilibrium in goods and money markets.
3. **Labor Market Analysis**: Includes scripts for analyzing labor demand, labor supply, and full employment conditions.
4. **Economic Variable Plotting**: Offers various plotting functions to visualize economic variables such as consumption, capital, labor, technology levels, output, investment, wage rates, and capital return rates.

## Setup Instructions

1. **Prerequisites**:
   - MATLAB (The scripts were developed and tested on MATLAB, but the specific version is not mentioned in the provided files)
   - MATLAB Symbolic Math Toolbox (required for some scripts)

2. **Installation**:
   - Clone this repository or download the MATLAB scripts to your local machine.
   - Ensure all files are in the same directory or add the directory to your MATLAB path.

3. **File Structure**:
   - `RBCtest.m`: Main script for RBC model simulation
   - `IS_LM_FE.m`: Script for IS-LM-FE model visualization
   - `IS_saving_investment.m`: Script for savings and investment analysis in the IS framework
   - `IScurve.m`: Script for plotting the IS curve
   - `MS_MD_LM.m`: Script for money supply, money demand, and LM curve analysis
   - `ND_NS_FE.m`: Script for labor demand, supply, and full employment analysis

## Usage Examples

1. **Running the RBC Model Simulation**:

   - Open MATLAB and navigate to the project directory.

   - Run the `RBCtest.m` script:

     ```matlab
     run RBCtest.m
     ```

   - This will simulate the RBC model and generate plots for consumption, capital, labor, technology level, output, investment, wage rate, and capital return rate over time.

2. **Visualizing the IS-LM Model**:

   - Run the `IS_LM_FE.m` script:

     ```matlab
     run IS_LM_FE.m
     ```

   - This will create plots showing the IS curve, LM curve, and the full employment line.

3. **Analyzing Savings and Investment**:

   - Execute the `IS_saving_investment.m` script:

     ```matlab
     run IS_saving_investment.m
     ```

   - This will generate plots showing the relationship between savings, investment, and the IS curve.

4. **Examining Labor Market Dynamics**:

   - Run the `ND_NS_FE.m` script:

     ```matlab
     run ND_NS_FE.m
     ```

   - This will produce plots of labor demand, labor supply, and the full employment condition.

## Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome. Please feel free to submit pull requests or open issues to discuss potential improvements or report bugs.

## License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the `LICENSE` file for more details.

## Acknowledgments

This project is created for educational purposes to help understand and visualize key concepts in macroeconomics using MATLAB.