From aej-microeconomics-skills
Routes manuscript workflow for AEJ: Micro submissions by diagnosing bottlenecks and directing to specialized sub-skills for topic selection, theory, or revision.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/aej-microeconomics-skills:aejmic-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This is the router. It tells you **which aejmic-* skill to use at the current stage** of a manuscript aimed at the *American Economic Journal: Microeconomics* (AEJ: Micro) — the **American Economic Association's** quarterly journal (founded 2009, one of four AEJs) for **microeconomic THEORY and its applications**: game theory, mechanism and market design, industrial-organization theory, contrac...
This is the router. It tells you which aejmic- skill to use at the current stage* of a manuscript aimed at the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ: Micro) — the American Economic Association's quarterly journal (founded 2009, one of four AEJs) for microeconomic THEORY and its applications: game theory, mechanism and market design, industrial-organization theory, contract theory, information economics, decision theory, behavioral theory, and theory-grounded experiments. AEJ: Micro is theory-first — it rewards a clean, general, well-motivated result, with structural/experimental applications welcome when the economics is the point.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as AEJ: Micro. Operational tells that you are at AEJ: Micro and not a sibling: it wants broad micro interest + the AEA editorial process (vs. specialist JET / GEB / Theoretical Economics); it is less abstract/methodological than TE or Econometrica; and it is theory, not empirical applied micro (that is AEJ: Applied). Process tells: single-blind review via the AEA submission system (author revealed to referees; referees anonymous), a submission fee (AEA member rate — volatile), JEL classification per AEA practice, and the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy for any paper with data, code, experiments, or numerical results. Re-verify volatile specifics on the official AEA pages (see resources/official-source-map.md).
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Unsure the question is broad-micro-interesting theory (not JET/TE/AEJ:Applied) | aejmic-topic-selection |
| Contribution vs. the closest existing result is fuzzy or oversold | aejmic-literature-positioning |
| The model, equilibrium concept, or proof architecture is the bottleneck | aejmic-theory-model |
| Unclear what makes the result tight / which assumption is doing the work | aejmic-identification |
| Extensions, edge cases, or (applied) robustness checks are missing | aejmic-robustness |
| Propositions, numerical examples, or experimental exhibits are messy | aejmic-tables-figures |
| Prose buries the result; abstract/intro do not land | aejmic-writing-style |
| Proof appendix, numerical/structural/experimental code deposit, README | aejmic-replication-package |
| Want to anticipate referee objections / calibrate desk-reject odds | aejmic-referee-strategy |
| Ready to submit via the AEA system; need a preflight | aejmic-submission |
| Received an R&R; need a response-letter strategy | aejmic-rebuttal |
aejmic-topic-selection — lock a broad-interest microeconomic-theory questionaejmic-literature-positioning — stake the result against the closest theoremaejmic-theory-model — the central skill: model, equilibrium concept, proof strategyaejmic-identification — what makes the result tight / what identifies parametersaejmic-robustness — extensions, edge cases, applied robustnessaejmic-tables-figures — propositions, numerical examples, experimental tablesaejmic-writing-style — make the result land (abstract + intro last)aejmic-replication-package — proof appendix + code (AEA Data Editor)aejmic-referee-strategy — pre-empt the objections theory referees raiseaejmic-submission — AEA system preflight (single-blind, JEL, fee)aejmic-rebuttal — after the R&R
aejmic-writing-styleis a late-stage polish; do not rewrite the intro before the model and proofs settle.
aejmic-theory-model must settle firstAEJ: Micro spans several branches; the bottleneck differs. Read the archetype, then enter the chain at the right link.
| Archetype | Likely first bottleneck | Enter at |
|---|---|---|
| pure theory (mechanism/game/decision) | equilibrium concept + proof strategy + generality | aejmic-theory-model |
| theory with structural estimation | parameter identification + counterfactual validity | aejmic-identification → aejmic-theory-model |
| theory-grounded experiment | design maps to the model's prediction; pre-registration | aejmic-topic-selection → aejmic-identification |
| IO theory / applied micro-theory | the mechanism's robustness to modeling choices | aejmic-theory-model → aejmic-robustness |
A user says: "My mechanism-design result is proved, but a referee says it hinges on a knife-edge tie-breaking assumption and asks whether it survives a continuum of types." That is two distinct AEJ: Micro pushbacks — which assumption is doing the work (owned by aejmic-identification) and does the mechanism extend (owned by aejmic-robustness), both anchored to aejmic-theory-model. Route to aejmic-theory-model to restate the proof under the relaxed assumption, then aejmic-robustness for the continuum extension; only once the proposition is stable do you return to aejmic-tables-figures and aejmic-rebuttal.
if decision_letter_arrived: -> aejmic-rebuttal
elif ready_to_submit: -> aejmic-submission
elif anticipating_referees: -> aejmic-referee-strategy
elif proof_appendix_or_code: -> aejmic-replication-package
elif prose_or_intro: -> aejmic-writing-style
elif exhibits_or_examples: -> aejmic-tables-figures
elif extensions_or_edge_cases: -> aejmic-robustness
elif which_assumption_or_id: -> aejmic-identification
elif model_or_proof_unsettled: -> aejmic-theory-model
elif fit_or_positioning_fuzzy: -> aejmic-topic-selection / aejmic-literature-positioning
else: -> aejmic-topic-selection
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin aej-microeconomics-skillsRoutes manuscript work for AEJ: Applied submissions by diagnosing bottlenecks and selecting the appropriate specialized skill for topic selection, identification, writing, or replication.
Stress-tests an AEJ: Micro manuscript against likely referee objections before submission. Covers desk-reject bar, JEL routing, and the single-blind review process.
Diagnoses manuscript bottlenecks and routes to the appropriate aejmac-* sub-skill for AEJ: Macro submissions. Activates when sequencing work from topic selection through rebuttal or when a decision letter arrives.