Error in running macroprocessor

General DSGE Modeling Replication Attempts
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Hi, i am a new user of Dynare. After running my mod file the following error occured:

dynare JEEM2015.mod;
Starting Dynare (version 5.3).
Calling Dynare with arguments: none
Starting preprocessing of the model file …
ERROR in macro-processor: variables.mod:40.12: syntax error, unexpected TEXT, expecting EOL

Can you please help me with the possible meaning of the above?

Thank you
JEEM2015.mod (941 Bytes)

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You did not provide the included text files you are embedding in the main file.

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Thank you for your message, I am sending the attached files for your consideration
model.mod (3.3 KB)
parameters.mod (1.5 KB)
variables.mod (238 Bytes)

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You did not tell us which macro switches you used.

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Yes, thank you for your message. In fact, I’m a Novice user in the field of macroprocessor and I don’t know how to run a mod file in a macroprocessor. I will send all the files I have as attachments for you. Please, if possible, explain the steps to run a mod file thoroughly, along with any possible errors.

code_26Aug (1).zip (218.2 KB)

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Which of the files are you trying to run?

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I want to run JEEM2015.mod and CCV_shocks_paper.m

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I can run the CCV_shocks_paper.m file in Matlab using Dynare 5.5 until I get an error message about the missing file findCCV.

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Thanks for your reply but this is the first error I get

Unrecognized function or variable ‘C_eps_A_tax_exo_u’.

Error in CCV_shocks_paper (line 14)
C_eps_A_No_tax_exo_u = C_eps_A_tax_exo_u;

I don’t know how to define the variable C_eps_A_tax_exo_u’?

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Which Dynare version are you using? In Dynare 6 you may be missing a send_irfs_to_workspace. See Breaking Features in Version 6 · Wiki · Dynare / dynare · GitLab

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Thank you for your answer, I am using Dynare 6, but my problem was not solved with this function.
This code is from another article that the author sent me and I’m trying to develop it, but I don’t understand how the “define.m” and “define_exo_u” files are defined rather than the existing variables Define the workspace according to it.
I still get this error when running the CCV_shocks_paper.m file

code_26Aug (1).zip (218.2 KB)

Unrecognized function or variable ‘C_eps_A_tax_exo_u’.

Error in CCV_shocks_paper (line 14)
C_eps_A_No_tax_exo_u = C_eps_A_tax_exo_u;

Please help me solve this error by checking “define.m” and “define_exo_u.m” files.

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With the attached files, I cannot replicate the problem. When I run CCV_shocks_paper I get

Unrecognized function or variable 'findCCV'.

Error in CCV_shocks_paper>@(x)findCCV(x,V_ss2*ones(N,1),1,ufun,C_ss1*ones(N,1),L_ss1*ones(N,1),Z_ss1*ones(N,1),bbeta,muM) (line 55)
lam_ss = fsolve(@(x) findCCV(x, V_ss2*ones(N,1), 1, ufun, C_ss1*ones(N,1), L_ss1*ones(N,1), Z_ss1*ones(N,1), bbeta, muM),...

Error in fsolve (line 270)
            fuser = feval(funfcn{3},x,varargin{:});

Error in CCV_shocks_paper (line 55)
lam_ss = fsolve(@(x) findCCV(x, V_ss2*ones(N,1), 1, ufun, C_ss1*ones(N,1), L_ss1*ones(N,1), Z_ss1*ones(N,1), bbeta, muM),...
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Thank you, I corresponded with the author and they sent me this file. I will upload the files, will the error be solved with these files?
findCCV.m (250 Bytes)
main_findCCV.m (670 Bytes)

Of course, I ran the CCV_shocks_paper.m file with these extra files, but I still get this error

Unrecognized function or variable ‘C_eps_A_tax_exo_u’.

Error in CCV_shocks_paper (line 14)
C_eps_A_No_tax_exo_u = C_eps_A_tax_exo_u;

Actually, my first problem is that I don’t know how to define the variable ‘C_eps_A_tax_exo_u’ and other variables similar to this variable.

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Dear Professor Pfeifer
I am waiting for your idea to solve this error

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I cannot reproduce any issue in Dynare 6.0. The attached code runs smoothly.

code_26Aug.zip (283.5 KB)

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Yes, the problem is solved, thank you for your reply