Contents

• Introduction
  • Carrying Out a Complete Policy Simulation
  • Base Case
  • Dynamic Models
  • Applying the Policy Shocks
  • Rerunning the Base Case
  • Why Do the Rerun?
  • Policy closures
  • Quick Access
  • Getting Started
  • Example Application
  • Example Application - Sim Overview Page
  • Example Application - Closure/Shocks Page
  • Licence Usually Required
  • Limited Licence - Model Size Constraints
  • What's New
  • What's New Version 1.4 (Feb 2000) to Version 3.30 (March 2008)
  • What's New Version 1.4 (Feb 2000) to Version 3.0 (November 2003)
  • What's New Version 1.4 (Feb 2000) to Version 2.02 (Nov 2001)
• Model/Data
  • Models
  • Rebuilding the Model EXE
  • Starting Data Files
  • Right Click for Files Action Menu
  • Short Names for Data and CMF Files Must Be Different
  • Model Data Files (MDF files)
• Sim Overview
  • Top of Sim Overview Page and Years on Closure/Shocks Page
  • Periods of Length Greater Than 1
  • Top of Sim Overview Page Prior to Version 3.14 (July 2006)
  • Quarterly and Monthly Models
  • Example of a Quarterly Model
  • Example of a Monthly Model
  • Sim Names
  • Sim Names and Closure/Shocks Page
  • Normal and Alternative Solution Methods
  • Simulation Description
  • Other Files
  • Keys for Data Files
• Closures/Shocks
  • Constituent files
  • Closure Files
  • Shocks Files
  • Shock Statements Especially for the Policy Run
  • Specifying Closure or Shocks files
  • Loading Closure and Shocks into AnalyseGE
  • Patterns on Closure/Shocks Page and Sim Names
  • Common Row on Closure/Shocks Page
  • Example - Common and CMFSTART Rows on Closure/Shocks Page
  • CMFSTART Files for Common Statements in CMF files
  • CMFSTART Row on Closure/Shocks Page
  • Names and Conventions for CMFSTART Files Prior to Version 3.15
  • Checks that Base Case files are Ok for Policy Run
  • Files Needed for a Base Case/Policy Job
  • Shocks for Several Years at a Single Header
  • Offsets of <year> in BSH and PSH Files
• Running a Complete Policy Simulation
  • Running Base, Policy or Base Rerun
  • Example: Different Orders for Complete Policy Simulation
  • Run Buttons
  • Recording Times, Dates and Sizes of files created during a run
  • Checking Files are the Still the Same
  • How Time and Date are Recorded
  • Completing Runs in Sequence
  • Algorithm For Checking Jobs Run In Sequence
  • Results Depend on All Inputs
  • Alternative Policy Using Base Case from Previous Policy Run
  • Where the Policy Run Starts
  • Shocks from Base for Rerun and Policy are in .BOT Files
  • Same Closure for One Year of Rerun and Policy
  • Progress of Current Job
  • Jobs Log File
  • Running Part or All of a Complete Policy Simulation
  • Checks Before a Run Starts
  • Checking Essential Files Exist Before a Run Starts
  • Checking that the Prequisites are Ok
  • Direct Inputs Checked When Checking Prerequisites
  • Algorithm Used to Check Prerequisites are Ok
  • Moving or Deleting Output (Results) Files Before a Job Begins
  • Checks About Output Files Being Locked By Another Program
  • Running Two or Three Jobs Concurrently
  • Why Concurrent Jobs May Crash
  • Running in Batch Mode
  • Files for Running in Batch Mode
  • The Different Parts of a Job
  • When is the BOT Job Run?
  • Log Files for Different Jobs
  • The Wait Box
• Several Complete Applications in the Same Directory
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Increasing or Decreasing the Number of Years
  • Several Sets of Policy Closures and Policy Shocks in Same Directory
  • Several Bases, Policy Closures and Shocks in Same Directory
  • Archiving and Restoring Several Applications in the Same Directory
  • Several Sets of Policy Shocks Beginning in Different Years
  • Several Applications Example - Old Short File Name Case
• Results
  • Results for All/Several Years
  • Spreadsheets Covering All or Some Years
  • ViewSOL and Graphs Covering All or Some Years
  • Example of Year-on-year and Cumulative Spreadsheets
  • Example of the Extra Columns in Spreadsheets of Results
  • Results from Spreadsheet Jobs Covering Just Some Years
  • Spreadsheets Covering Just Some Years
  • Graphs via ViewSOL
  • Loading Differences and Cumulative Results into AnalyseGE
  • Arithmetic Problems while Doing Spreadsheet Jobs
  • Adding Up Equations Satisfied Exactly by Cumulative Results
  • Accuracy Summaries
  • Results for Individual Years
  • Results (Output) Files from Simulations or Runs
  • Names of Results Files
  • Example of Names for Results files
  • HA File Showing Data File Values for All Years
• File Menu
  • Saving or Loading Simulation Details
  • Change in Sim Details Files Saved with Version 3.18 (April 2007)
  • Omit Some Periods at the Start
  • Make Policy the Base
  • Writing a Report of the Closure/Shocks page
  • Comparing Two Lots of Closure/Shocks files
  • Writing a Report of a All Ingredients of a Dynamic Simulation
  • Scenario Management
  • Copy Selected Scenarios to New Directory
  • Clean up working directory
  • ReLocDS if moving entire project to another location
  • Shell to DOS
• Zip Menu
  • Archiving or restoring all ingredients of a dynamic simulation
  • Zip Archive
  • Saving ZIP Archive and Restoring Immediately
  • Default Place to Save Zip Archives and Closure/Shocks Zip Archives
  • Looking for [Closure/Shocks] Zip Archives to Restore From
  • The Contents of a Zip Archive of all Ingredients
  • Adding Extra Files to a ZIP Archive
  • Restoring All Ingredients from a Zip Archive
  • Restore Closure/Shocks Files from a Zip Archive
  • Choosing the Directory to Restore Ingredients into
  • Zip Archives when using GEMSIM
  • Saving Ingredients, Except Model EXE Files, as Zip Archive
  • Closure/Shocks Zip Archives
  • Restoring files from a Closure/Shocks Zip Archive
  • Zipping Up Results Files
  • Restoring from Results Zip Files
  • Restoring Results Files as well as Ingredients 
  • Deleting All Results
  • Listing files in part of an archive
  • List Files in One Zip file
  • Zipping All Files in Working or Temp Directory
  • Restoring Time and Date for Files Extracted from Zip Files
• Tasks Menu
  • Carry out part of one run
  • Where to Start ?
  • Are Results Still OK?
  • Indicating Which Results to Check
  • Which Results to Check when Checking "Are Results Ok?"
  • Would Results be the Same if You Ran All Jobs Again?
  • Writing a Report of Times and Dates of Completed Simulations
  • Check closures or closures and shocks for one run
  • Write SEQ File for ViewSOL
  • Writing a DOS Batch File for one Multi-Year Run
• View Menu
  • Main TABLO file
  • TABLO STI file
  • Ensuring that the TABLO STI File is Accessible
  • Percentage Change Calculator
• Options Menu
  • Where the program finds various other programs
  • Text Editor
  • Where to find the GEMPACK licence
  • What Directory to put Temporary files in
  • Fine Print about Temporary Directory
  • Setting the GPTEMP Environment Variable
  • Setting the TMP Environment Variable
  • Directory for Keeping Program Information
  • Setting the GPKEEP Environment Variable
  • Deleting Temp Dir Files
  • Where to find the GEMPACK programs
  • Fewer Messages and Questions
  • Hide Rational Expectations
  • Diagnostic Information
• Run Preferences Menu
  • Whether or not to rerun the base case with the policy closures
  • Which Spreadsheet files to create
  • Accumulating Subtotals Results in Spreadsheets
  • Subtotals Results on Cumulative Difference Spreadsheets
  • Where Shocks are read from in Rerun and Policy
  • Never Use BAT Job For Simulations
  • Running Simulations as Batch Jobs or as Windows Jobs
  • Making Log Files Visible During a Run
  • If a Sim Job Crashes
  • Suppress Screen Saver while Job is Running
  • Check Job Prerequisites Option
  • Manage MMNZ Option
• Systematic Sensitivity Analysis
  • Starting SSA
  • SSA Results
  • SSA Methods with RunGEM and RunGTAP
  • Restrictions on SSA
  • Doing SSA in batch mode
  • Keeping Separate SSA Parameter Files
  • How SSA Calculations are Done
  • Repeating SSA Calculations
• Installation
  • Software Requirements
  • GEMPACK Programs required
  • Additional Files required by Model-Specific Versions of this software
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Un-Installation
  • Contacting the Developers
• Preparing a Model for Use with this software
  • Winconsole EXEs
  • Restrictions on Models and TABLO Input files for use with this software
  • Models in Which Data is Read from the Terminal
  • Dynamic Information Files
  • Role, Lags and Usage from the DIN file
  • Syntax Changes for Dynamic Information Files
• Errors
  • The Log file
  • Results Not Up-to-date
  • Job did not run
  • Errors in Solution Process
  • Miscellaneous Errors
• GEMPACK
  • The GEMPACK Modelling System
  • GEMPACK User Documentation
  • TAB File
  • Condensation
  • Solution (SL4) files
  • ViewHAR
  • Header Array Files
  • ViewSOL
  • SLTOHT
  • ACCUM
  • DEVIA
  • GEMPACK Licence may be required
  • Endogenous and Exogenous Variables
  • Solution Methods
  • Extrapolation Accuracy (XAC) File
  • Command files (CMF files)
• Miscellaneous Topics
  • Printing Messages in Message Boxes
  • Printing
  • Help Topic Not Yet Available
  • No Help Available
  • MONASH Model Book and Web Site
  • Running Two Copies of the EXE at Once
  • Rational Expectations
  • Guide to Suffixes