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This guide helps researchers determine if their applied microeconomics work meets the rigorous standards of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied). It serves as a pre-submission checklist, detailing the required depth of causal identification (e.g., RCTs, DiD, IV), methodological robustness, expected manuscript structure, and avoiding common desk-reject pitfalls. Essential for high-quality academic writing.

A comprehensive guide for academic researchers, detailing how to precisely define and position the marginal contribution of an economic manuscript (especially for top journals like AEJ: Applied). It teaches techniques like the 'three-paper test' and defining an 'honest delta,' ensuring the contribution is framed by identification and mechanism, rather than just topic or setting.

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.

A structured guide for vetting academic manuscripts, ensuring the topic aligns with the target journal’s applied modeling mission. It guides researchers through three core checks: real-world management problems, methodological incremental value, and practical decision-making outcomes. It also provides guidance on distinguishing between different academic fields and preventing submission errors.

This guide helps authors sharply frame their econometric research contributions, specifically tailored for high-impact academic journals like The Econometrics Journal (EctJ). It enforces a strict four-part structure: identifying failure modes of incumbent methods, stating the smallest sharp advance, detailing the applied payoff, and establishing scope guardrails. This ensures the core novelty and practical value are immediately obvious to reviewers.

A comprehensive guide for researchers submitting papers to applied finance journals. It teaches how to 'red-team' your manuscript by proactively anticipating and strengthening defenses against the four most common fatal objections: lack of interest, inappropriate scope, weak identification, and unstated practical implication. Focuses on framing the contribution and optimizing the cover letter.

This guide helps authors structure and sharpen the core contribution of an empirical paper for applied econometrics journals. It emphasizes shifting focus from pure theory to replicable findings derived from real data, ensuring claims are properly calibrated, and optimizing the 100-word summary for maximum impact.

A comprehensive guide detailing the best practices for drafting a rebuttal letter in response to single-blind peer reviews for applied econometrics journals. Covers critical areas like defending identification, improving inference, and ensuring robustness, while maintaining mandatory synchronization between the revised manuscript and the official data archive.

A comprehensive guide for drafting and polishing academic manuscripts for the Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE). This skill ensures adherence to strict house conventions, including writing citation-free 100-word abstracts, structuring quantitative findings, correctly reporting estimated coefficients with standard errors, and managing front matter (keywords, acknowledgments, COI statements).

This workflow orchestrates the entire manuscript submission process for the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP). It guides authors by ensuring the paper addresses two critical standards: a theoretical contribution to I-O science, and high rigor in design and measurement. It routes users through specific stages—from topic selection and theory development to study design, data analysis, and revision.

This skill provides a comprehensive guide for authors submitting applied empirical research in banking and finance. It helps evaluate a manuscript's fit, required framing, methodological rigor, and adherence to house style for target journals like the Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF). It serves as a crucial pre-submission self-check tool, advising on scope, potential weaknesses, and suggesting alternative, more suitable venues.