Positions an Economic Policy manuscript against the academic frontier and the live policy debate. Sharpens contribution statements for dual academic/policy audiences.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/economic-policy-skills:ecopol-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The contribution is clear to specialists but the *policy* novelty is fuzzy
Most economics journals ask you to position against one literature — the academic frontier. EP asks for two simultaneous positions, because the paper is published with two discussants (one academic, one policy) and read by both audiences:
The contribution sentence must land both: "The academic literature establishes A; the policy debate currently assumes B; this paper shows C, which implies the policy stance should shift from B."
| Situation | Positioning move |
|---|---|
| Result confirms what economists suspected | Lead with the policy-debate novelty — quantifying or settling a contested policy claim is itself the contribution |
| Result is academically novel but niche | Lead with the policy stakes — show why the niche mechanism drives a first-order policy magnitude |
| Crowded empirical area | Position on the policy lever you can move, not on a marginally better estimate |
| Cross-country / EU paper | Position against the comparative/institutional literature; show the European/global generality |
【Journal】Economic Policy (EP)
【Skill】ecopol-literature-positioning
【Contribution sentence】academic frontier A + policy-debate frontier B → C
【Policy debate cited】Commission/ECB/IMF/OECD/CEPR/CESifo source
【Academic gap】one-paragraph gap statement
【Sibling boundary】why EP not AEJ:EP / Brookings / J.Pub.E.
【Verdict】positioned / sharpen / reroute
【Source status】verified / 待核实
【Next skill】ecopol-identification
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin economic-policy-skillsPositions a manuscript's contribution against the policy-evaluation literature for AEJ: Economic Policy. Sharpens the policy answer and stakes the welfare or cost-benefit reading.
Routes manuscript work for Economic Policy journal from topic pitch through post-panel revision. Diagnoses bottlenecks and invokes the appropriate ecopol-* sub-skill.
Evaluates paper fit for Economic Policy journal: venue selection, framing, method bar, house style, and Panel-review route.