From jae-skills
Articulates the economic contribution of a Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE) manuscript with mechanism, economic tension, clean identification, and standard-setting implications. Use when the "so what" is thin or a contribution is called incremental.
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/jae-skills:jae-contribution-framingThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Results exist but the "so what for accounting and economics?" is thin
JAE rewards advancing the economic understanding of an accounting phenomenon, not merely documenting a new association. A strong contribution does one or more of:
State the contribution as a claim about the world: "We show that [accounting feature] affects [economic outcome] through [mechanism], because [economic friction]." Avoid framing the contribution as "first to study X in this dataset." Connect it to the specific literature stream from jae-literature-positioning and quantify the economic magnitude so the result is consequential, not just significant.
JAE editors and reviewers are skeptical of overreach. State what the design can and cannot identify; do not claim causality the identification does not support, and do not extend the result beyond the sample's economic setting. A tightly scoped, well-identified contribution beats an ambitious but fragile one.
The contribution belongs up front (intro) and is closed in the discussion: restate the mechanism, the magnitude, the boundary conditions, and the implications for contracting, disclosure, or standard-setting — plus concrete follow-on questions.
Use this as a second-pass capability check. First lock the economic mechanism, accounting setting, identification or model, and market/contracting consequence; then test whether the manuscript addresses accounting-economics reviewers who expect economics discipline, identification, and market or contracting implications.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Contribution (one sentence)】accounting feature → economic outcome via mechanism
【Type】mechanism / tension-resolution / identification / regulatory consequence
【Stream advanced】(from jae-literature-positioning)
【Economic magnitude】...
【Scope / boundary】what it does and does not identify
【Discussion close】implications for contracting / disclosure / standards
【Next step】jae-tables-figures
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jae-skillsPositions a JAE manuscript within positive-accounting and economics literatures by identifying the right conversation stream, engaging seminal work, and avoiding gap-spotting.
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