From jae-skills
Positions a JAE manuscript within positive-accounting and economics literatures by identifying the right conversation stream, engaging seminal work, and avoiding gap-spotting.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jae-skills:jae-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Your intro says "no one has studied X" (gap-spotting) rather than naming a conversation
JAE papers earn their place by advancing an ongoing economics-based conversation, not by filling an empty cell in a 2x2. Identify which stream you join and what tension you resolve:
Because JAE is the home of Positive Accounting Theory, engage the foundational papers honestly: Watts & Zimmerman on accounting choice, Jensen & Meckling on agency, the information-economics disclosure models, and the major archival contributions in your stream. Show you know what is already established and where the open economic tension lies — then state how your paper resolves it.
Strong positioning problematizes an assumption the literature takes for granted (e.g., "prior work assumes disclosure is costless monitoring; under friction X it is not") rather than merely adding a new variable. Make the economic tension explicit so the contribution is visible before the results.
Confirm the conversation is one JAE actually hosts. A pure asset-pricing or corporate-finance conversation with little accounting content belongs at a finance journal; a measurement/behavioral conversation may belong at TAR. Keep the center of gravity on accounting's economic role.
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.【Stream joined】capital-markets / contracting / disclosure / standards / earnings quality
【Seminal anchors】...
【Assumption problematized】prior work assumes ___; under friction ___ it fails
【Tension this paper resolves】...
【Boundary check】JAE vs JFE / TAR — center of gravity on accounting?
【Next step】jae-methods
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jae-skillsPositions a JAR manuscript within the accounting literature by naming the specific conversation, stating the marginal contribution over prior work, and justifying the venue.
Routes manuscript workflow for JAE (Journal of Accounting and Economics) from topic selection to rebuttal, directing users to appropriate sub-skills.
Encodes JAE fit criteria, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, and desk-reject heuristics for accounting manuscripts targeting this venue.