function check_dsge_var_model(Model, EstimatedParameters, BayesInfo)

% Check if the dsge model can be estimated with the DSGE-VAR approach.

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if EstimatedParameters.nvn
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Measurement errors are not allowed!')
end

if EstimatedParameters.ncn
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Measurement errors are not allowed!')
end

if any(vec(Model.H))
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Measurement errors are not allowed!')
end

if EstimatedParameters.ncx
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Structural innovations cannot be correlated using Dynare''s interface! Introduce the correlations in the model block instead.')
end

if Model.exo_nbr>1 && any(vec(tril(Model.Sigma_e,-1)))
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Structural innovations cannot be correlated using Dynare''s interface! Introduce the correlations in the model block instead.')
end

if isequal(BayesInfo.with_trend,1)
    error('Estimation::DsgeVarLikelihood: Linear trend is not yet implemented!')
end
