E: Expectation Operator (Alias for lead)

In dsge: Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models

Expectation Operator (Alias for lead)

Description

A user-friendly alias for lead(x, 1). Represents the one-period-ahead model-consistent expectation of variable x.

Usage

E(x)

Arguments

x	A variable name (unquoted) within a DSGE equation formula.

Details

E(x) is equivalent to lead(x, 1). The parser translates E(x) to lead(x, 1) internally.

Value

This function is not meant to be called directly; it always throws an error. It is recognized as a syntactic marker by the equation parser inside dsge_model().

See Also

lead(), dsge_model()

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