From ectheory-skills
Positions an Econometric Theory contribution against prior theorems: which assumptions weakened, which limit result generalized, what was previously unproven. Uses APA citations.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/ectheory-skills:ectheory-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The introduction lists prior papers without saying precisely what is *new* in your theorem
ET is a theory journal: positioning is theorem-to-theorem, not "gap in the empirical literature." The reader is an econometric theorist who will immediately map your result onto the known limit theory. Your job is to locate your contribution on that lattice precisely:
Because reviewers see your identity (single-anonymous review), self-citation is fine, but frame the new contribution on its merits, not as "our prior work."
ET positioning is theorem-to-theorem on a known lattice of asymptotic results, not a survey of an empirical gap. Each row is a dimension along which a new result can dominate prior limit theory.
| Lattice dimension | Prior result's position | Your delta (one-sentence claim) |
|---|---|---|
| Dependence | i.i.d. innovations | mixing / NED / martingale-difference array |
| Stationarity | stationary, fixed root | nonstationary / local-to-unity / cointegrated |
| Dimension | fixed p | p growing with n, uniform over the model |
If your delta does not move the result along a dimension, a referee will ask "isn't this a special case of
X?" — routing you back to ectheory-topic-selection. The fixes: "isn't this a special case?" → state the
closest prior result with its assumptions, then the labelled dimension you relax, showing it as your
corollary; "concurrent work proves this" → acknowledge by author-date and name the differentiating
dimension. In the ET tradition positioning is "what limiting law, under what weakened conditions, was
previously unproven"; confirm the live APA-style requirement against the author guidelines if uncertain.
Treat this skill as an executable review pass, not a prose hint. First lock the primitive assumptions, theorem statement, proof route, and example showing why the result matters; then judge whether the current manuscript answers the venue's real reader: econometric theorists who read for assumptions, theorem novelty, proof architecture, and relation to known asymptotics.
claim / evidence / risk / manuscript location rows, so the next agent can edit rather than rediscover the issue.resources/official-source-map.md has been checked for volatile rules and the manuscript has one concrete fix for the largest venue-specific risk.【Closest prior result】author (year) + its assumptions/scope
【Delta】what you weaken / generalize / prove (one sentence)
【Previously unproven】the element you now establish
【Concurrent work】acknowledged? [Y/N]
【Citations】APA author-date, list alphabetized? [Y/N]
【Next step】ectheory-identification-strategy
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin ectheory-skillsPositions an Econometrica theory/methods result precisely within its lineage, writing related-work paragraphs that pre-empt formal comparison questions from referees and editors.
Structures literature positioning for Econometrics Journal papers: separates frontier vs applied citations, compresses related work under the 20-page limit, and ties theory references to assumptions.
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