diff --git a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_M0.mod b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_M0.mod
index cd19168cc..ea4342672 100644
--- a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_M0.mod
+++ b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_M0.mod
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ dev_Q            = AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} - oo_.mom.Q;
 dev_datamoments  = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) - oo_.mom.data_moments;
 dev_modelmoments = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6)) - oo_.mom.model_moments;
 
-if ~isoctave %there is no table command in Octave
+% There is no table command in Octave
+% The table command also crashes on MATLAB R2014a because it does not like variable names
+if ~isoctave && ~matlab_ver_less_than('8.4')
 table([AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6))],...
       [oo_.mom.Q                  ; oo_.mom.data_moments                              ; oo_.mom.model_moments                            ],...
       [dev_Q                      ; dev_datamoments                                   ; dev_modelmoments                                 ],...
@@ -298,4 +300,4 @@ method_of_moments(
         %, analytic_standard_errors
         , se_tolx=1e-10
 );
-@#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+@#endif
diff --git a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB.mod b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB.mod
index 535dc8470..6686c5f29 100644
--- a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB.mod
+++ b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB.mod
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ dev_Q            = AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} - oo_.mom.Q;
 dev_datamoments  = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) - oo_.mom.data_moments;
 dev_modelmoments = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6)) - oo_.mom.model_moments;
 
-if ~isoctave %there is no table command in Octave
+% There is no table command in Octave
+% The table command also crashes on MATLAB R2014a because it does not like variable names
+if ~isoctave && ~matlab_ver_less_than('8.4')
 table([AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6))],...
       [oo_.mom.Q                  ; oo_.mom.data_moments                              ; oo_.mom.model_moments                            ],...
       [dev_Q                      ; dev_datamoments                                   ; dev_modelmoments                                 ],...
@@ -299,4 +301,4 @@ method_of_moments(
         %, analytic_standard_errors
         , se_tolx=1e-10
 );
-@#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+@#endif
diff --git a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB_RRA.mod b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB_RRA.mod
index d86c7b353..f299d7f8a 100644
--- a/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB_RRA.mod
+++ b/tests/estimation/method_of_moments/AFVRR/AFVRR_MFB_RRA.mod
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ dev_Q            = AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} - oo_.mom.Q;
 dev_datamoments  = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) - oo_.mom.data_moments;
 dev_modelmoments = str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6)) - oo_.mom.model_moments;
 
-if ~isoctave %there is no table command in Octave
+% There is no table command in Octave
+% The table command also crashes on MATLAB R2014a because it does not like variable names
+if ~isoctave && ~matlab_ver_less_than('8.4')
 table([AndreasenEtAl.Q@{orderApp} ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,5)) ; str2double(AndreasenEtAl.moments@{orderApp}(:,6))],...
       [oo_.mom.Q                  ; oo_.mom.data_moments                              ; oo_.mom.model_moments                            ],...
       [dev_Q                      ; dev_datamoments                                   ; dev_modelmoments                                 ],...
@@ -298,4 +300,4 @@ method_of_moments(
         %, analytic_standard_errors
         , se_tolx=1e-10
 );
-@#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+@#endif