parameters

parameters — declares parameters

Synopsis

parameters PARAMETER_NAME [ , ] [ PARAMETER_NAME ...] ;

Description

This optional command declares parameters used in the model, in variable initialization or in shock declarations. The parameters must then be assigned values using standard syntax of underlying matrix programming language. Be carefull not to use names reserved by Dynare or the underlying language (Matlab, Scilab or Gauss).

Example

parameters alpha, bet;

alpha = 0.3;
bet = sqrt(2);