function [G, alpha, beta] = buildGmatrixWithAlphaAndBeta(params)
    
% Builds the G matrix needed for PAC.
%
% INPUTS 
% - params    [double]    (m+1)*1 vector of PAC parameters.
%
% OUTPUTS 
% - G         [double]    (m+1)*(m+1) matrix.
% - alpha     [double]    m*1 vector of PAC parameters.
% - beta      [double]    scalar, discount factor.

% Copyright (C) 2018 Dynare Team
%
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% Return an error if the input is not a vector.
if ~isvector(params) || ~isnumeric(params) || ~isreal(params)
    error('Input argument has to be a vector of doubles!')
end 

% Get the number of parameters
m = length(params)-1;

% Return an error if params is too small.
if m<1
    error('Input argument has to be a vector with at least two elements. The last element is the discount factor.')
end

% Get the transformed PAC parameters and discount factor.
alpha = flip(a2alpha(params(1:m)));
beta = params(end);

% Return an error if beta is not a discount factor
if beta<eps || beta>1-eps
    error('beta has to be a discount factor!')
end 

% Initialize the returned G matrix.
G = zeros(m);

% Fill the returned G matrix.
G(1:m-1,2:m) = eye(m-1);
G(m, :) = -transpose(alpha);
G(m, :) = G(m, :).*flip(cumprod(beta*ones(1,m)));