From aej-macroeconomics-skills
Positions an AEJ: Macro manuscript against quantitative-theory and identified-empirical frontiers when its contribution is fuzzy or undersold.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/aej-macroeconomics-skills:aejmac-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The introduction cites many papers but never says what is *new*
AEJ: Macro is a broad-interest macro journal, so positioning must locate the paper for a general macro reader, not only for the three people working on the exact model or shock series. Two literatures usually bound a macro paper, and you must place the contribution against both:
A hybrid paper (model matched to identified evidence) must say why the combination answers a question neither side resolved alone — this is often the strongest AEJ: Macro contribution.
Do not list 30 citations. Name the 2–3 papers a referee would call "basically the same," and state in one sentence what your paper does that each cannot. The wedge should be a quantity, mechanism, or identification gain, not "a different dataset."
"We show that [mechanism] accounts for [X%] of [aggregate], overturning/refining the prior view that ___." A magnitude makes the contribution legible to a general reader and to the AEA process.
Say what the paper does not establish: the regime, sample, or country where the result holds, and what remains open. Over-claiming is the fastest path to a referee's "the contribution is oversold."
【Nearest papers + wedge】1) ... 2) ... 3) ...
【Vs. theory frontier】what the model/structure adds
【Vs. empirical frontier】what the identification pins down
【Contribution sentence (with quantity)】...
【Scope / what it does NOT claim】...
【Next step】aejmac-identification (empirical) and/or aejmac-theory-model (quantitative)
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin aej-macroeconomics-skillsPositions the marginal contribution of an AEJ: Applied manuscript precisely against prior applied-micro work. Use when a contribution is fuzzy, undersold, or risks reading as a replication.
Positions JME manuscripts against monetary/macro literatures (DSGE, policy transmission, intermediation) to pre-empt reviewer objections and avoid standalone surveys.
Positions a JEEA manuscript's contribution relative to the frontier when claims are fuzzy, oversold, or undersold. Stakes marginal contribution for a general-interest readership.