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This guide helps researchers strategically assess whether their empirical microeconomics project is best suited for the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied). It provides a structured framework to test the project's causal design, scope, and cross-field appeal, ensuring the question is 'AEJ: Applied-shaped' rather than being too general (AER) or too specialized (Field Journal).

This guide helps revise the prose, abstract, and introduction of applied economics manuscripts to conform to the high standards of AEJ: Applied. It teaches how to structure the paper by leading with the core finding and ensuring the economic question is clear in the first paragraph, transforming technical drafts into highly legible, journal-ready exposition.

This guide provides a structured methodology for articulating the unique and marginal contribution of a scholarly paper, particularly within macroeconomics. It teaches authors how to bridge the gap between theoretical modeling (quantitative-theory) and data-driven evidence (identified-empirical), ensuring that the novelty and scope are clearly communicated to a broad, general expert audience.

A comprehensive guide for authors responding to major journal decisions (e.g., R&R or reject-with-comments) in economics. This skill teaches a systematic approach to triaging reviewer comments, structuring the rebuttal letter point-by-point, and ensuring revisions are supported by new empirical evidence rather than just prose. It focuses on maintaining academic rigor and professional communication.

A comprehensive pre-submission strategy tool designed for authors submitting to top macroeconomics journals, such as AEJ: Macro. It helps authors anticipate and structure defenses against predictable, highly technical objections (e.g., identification flaws, robustness gaps, lack of breadth) raised by expert referees and co-editors. Use this guide to assess desk-reject risk, plan necessary robustness checks, and pre-emptively strengthen the manuscript before formal submission.

A comprehensive guide to assessing the fit of a macroeconomics research paper for top-tier journals, particularly the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJ: Macro). It helps researchers determine if their work possesses the required broad interest, quantitative discipline, and policy relevance to succeed at AEJ: Macro, versus more specialized venues like AER, JME, or RED. This framework guides strategic academic writing.

This skill acts as a comprehensive workflow router for manuscripts targeting the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJ: Macro). It guides the researcher through the entire publication lifecycle—from initial topic selection and literature positioning, through rigorous quantitative modeling (DSGE, SVAR), empirical identification, writing, to final submission and rebuttal strategy. It ensures the final paper meets the high standards of modern macroeconomics research.

A guide for authors needing to precisely position their theoretical contribution against existing literature. It teaches how to identify the 'delta'—the exact difference (e.g., weaker assumption, new environment, full characterization)—relative to the single closest academic result, rather than making vague claims about the field as a whole.

A comprehensive guide for academic researchers detailing how to structure and write a precise, point-by-point rebuttal letter following a major journal's Request for Revision (R&R). It covers addressing referee concerns regarding proof correctness, theoretical generality, and scope, ensuring the revision plan is rigorous and addresses the editor's central concerns.

This skill acts as a workflow router, guiding researchers through the entire manuscript lifecycle for submissions to American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ: Micro). It does not write the paper, but diagnoses the current bottleneck—whether it's topic selection, model refinement, empirical testing, or rebuttal strategy—and specifies which specialized aejmic-* sub-skill to invoke next, ensuring the paper aligns with the specific requirements of AEJ: Micro. Triggered when users are unsure what step to take next, or when revising based on reviewer comments.

Provides comprehensive guidelines for structuring theoretical economics manuscripts for submission to AEJ: Micro. It enforces the theory-first approach, ensuring the introduction immediately presents the economic question and states the main result in words, thus maximizing impact for a broad micro audience. It also covers specific AEA house style conventions, such as reporting standard errors and structuring the abstract.

This guide outlines how to elevate a research paper beyond merely presenting new estimates. It teaches authors to frame their contributions around actionable policy gaps, welfare improvements, and cost-benefit analyses, ensuring the 'so what' for policymakers is the primary takeaway. Essential for academic writing in economics.