Endogenous Grids in Higher Dimensions: Delaunay Interpolation and Hybrid Methods
SAFE Working Paper No. 72
37 Pages Posted: 29 Oct 2014 Last revised: 2 May 2016
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Endogenous Grids in Higher Dimensions: Delaunay Interpolation and Hybrid Methods
Endogenous Grids in Higher Dimensions: Delaunay Interpolation and Hybrid Methods
Date Written: April 18, 2016
Abstract
This paper investigates extensions of the method of endogenous gridpoints (ENDGM) introduced by Carroll (2006) to higher dimensions with more than one continuous endogenous state variable. We compare three different categories of algorithms: (i) the conventional method with exogenous grids (EXOGM), (ii) the pure method of endogenous gridpoints (ENDGM) and (iii) a hybrid method (HYBGM). ENDGM comes along with Delaunay interpolation on irregular grids. Comparison of methods is done by evaluating speed and accuracy by using a specific model with two endogenous state variables. We find that HYBGM and ENDGM both dominate EXOGM. In an infinite horizon model, ENDGM also always dominates HYBGM. In a finite horizon model, the choice between HYBGM and ENDGM depends on the number of gridpoints in each dimension. With less than 150 gridpoints in each dimension ENDGM is faster than HYBGM, and vice versa. For a standard choice of 25 to 50 gridpoints in each dimension, ENDGM is 1:4 to 1:7 times faster than HYBGM in the finite horizon version and 2:4 to 2:5 times faster in the infinite horizon version of the model.
Keywords: Dynamic Models, Numerical Solution, Method of Endogenous Gridpoints, Delaunay Interpolation
JEL Classification: C63, E21
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