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This skill is designed to polish the writing style and structure of interdisciplinary Research Policy manuscripts. It ensures that the core innovation-studies argument is clear and accessible to diverse readerships, including economists, management scholars, and policymakers. It focuses on structuring the narrative, translating field-specific jargon, and making the policy contribution visible and impactful throughout the paper.

This strategy guides researchers in anticipating the specific, rigorous methodological objections raised by top-tier academic referees, especially in applied econometrics. It provides a systematic map connecting econometric designs (like DID, IV, RD) to common threats (e.g., measurement error, bias, specification issues). Users can pre-empt these criticisms by structuring their manuscript to include necessary defenses, robustness checks, and scope limitations before formal submission.

A comprehensive framework designed for rigorous academic research, ensuring that primary findings remain stable across various methodological choices. It systematically tests the robustness of estimates against potential weaknesses in specification, sample selection, measurement, identification, and inference. This suite defends the headline result against skeptical scrutiny, which is crucial for publication in top-tier economics journals.

A comprehensive preflight checklist designed for authors submitting academic manuscripts to specialized journals. It guides users through verifying complex requirements, including formatting rules (double-spacing, font size), style compliance, data availability policies, and submission fee procedures, ensuring the paper is submission-ready and meets journal standards.

This guide outlines the standards for creating publication-quality tables and figures for economics journals, particularly adhering to the rigorous 'REStat' house style. It ensures that the main findings are legible in a single, self-contained exhibit, emphasizing standard errors, clear notes, and load-bearing visualizations.

A comprehensive guide and style checker for revising applied economics manuscripts (e.g., for REStat). It ensures the prose is 'empirical-first,' immediately presenting the applied question, the headline estimate (with units and SE), and the design. It mandates a concise abstract (≤100 words) that clearly states the finding with a number, moving the writing away from vague, passive academic language toward plain, quantitative prose.

This guide is designed for advanced academic research, helping scholars evaluate whether their current research idea meets the rigorous standards of top-tier economics journals (e.g., REStud). It teaches how to distill complex findings into a single, original, and technically excellent contribution, diagnosing potential weaknesses in novelty, scope, and general interest.

A comprehensive guide for establishing credible causal inference in accounting and finance research. This methodology covers advanced techniques including Difference-in-Differences (DiD), Instrumental Variables (IV), Regression Discontinuity (RDD), and experimental design. It instructs users on how to move beyond simple controls, defining the specific identifying variation necessary for publishing rigorous, causality-focused academic work.

This guide is designed for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, providing a rigorous framework to stress-test the robustness and completeness of reported findings. It mandates advanced checks such as saturation evidence, risk-of-bias appraisal, and statistical diagnostics (e.g., heterogeneity, publication bias) to ensure conclusions are not artifacts of omission or methodological weakness. Essential for high-level academic research.

A comprehensive guide for designing essential exhibits—such as PRISMA flow diagrams, forest plots, and evidence maps—for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and critical syntheses. These exhibits are crucial for allowing readers to audit the search process and understand the synthesis at a glance, ensuring methodological rigor and clarity.

This skill acts as a specialized guide for researchers submitting applied econometrics or empirical economics manuscripts. It helps authors assess the suitability of their work for the Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) venue. It emphasizes framing the contribution around careful identification, robust measurement, and clean design, rather than general interest, providing crucial pre-submission self-checks and identifying potential desk-reject risks.

This skill is a comprehensive fit and venue-selection tool designed for authors targeting top-tier finance journals, such as Review of Finance. It helps authors assess whether their manuscript meets the journal's rigorous standards across scope, methodology, evidence, and structure. Use it to re-frame your work, check for potential desk-reject risks, and identify suitable alternative elite-field venues before submission.