From jf-skills
Enforces self-contained, accessible tables and figures for The Journal of Finance manuscripts, with Roman-numeral tables, economic-magnitude reporting, and matching Internet Appendix numbering.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/jf-skills:jf-tables-figuresThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Tables/figures are drafted but notes, units, or formatting are inconsistent
JF is general-interest and prizes accessibility. Each exhibit must be self-contained: a reader from another subfield should understand it from its caption and notes alone. Because the manuscript faces a 60-page limit (≥1.5 spacing, 12-pt font), keep only decisive exhibits in the body and send the rest to the Internet Appendix (bundled at the end of the same PDF, labeled IA.*, not counted against 60 pages; see jf-internet-appendix).
IA.I, IA.1. Keep the schemes consistent.IA.* in the appendixJF exhibits answer to a general-interest reader, so the table itself, not the surrounding prose, must deliver the economics. Useful calibration anchors for the flagship, hedged where conventions vary by subfield:
| Exhibit element | JF expectation (illustrative anchor) |
|---|---|
| Body exhibit count | Typically a lean set of decisive tables/figures; the exhaustive grid lives in the Internet Appendix |
| Magnitude column | A column or note giving the effect in bps, % of market cap, or Sharpe gain — not stars alone |
| Inference convention | Every table note names the SE estimator and clustering dimension(s) |
| Numbering | Roman tables (I, II, …), Arabic figures (1, 2, …), IA mirrors as IA.* |
| Self-containment | Caption + notes let an out-of-subfield AFA reader interpret the exhibit |
Exact body-exhibit counts are not a fixed rule; confirm against the journal's current author guidelines and recent issues, but the cultural signal at JF is "few, decisive, self-explaining in the body; everything else online."
Illustrative numbers. A corporate-finance reader picks up a Table II reporting a long-short anomaly. The raw spread is 0.62% per month. The amateur version prints only coefficients and three stars. The JF-grade version, by contrast:
IA.II, IA.III, cited from the text.The reader now understands the magnitude, the inference, and where to find more — without leaving the page. That self-containment is the JF house standard.
| Pushback on an exhibit | JF-specific fix |
|---|---|
| "I can't tell what 0.62 means economically" | Add a magnitude note (bps/month, Sharpe gain, % market cap) |
| "Which standard errors are these?" | Name the estimator and clustering in every table note |
| "Table III and IA.3 use different definitions" | Reconcile; keep one variable definition across body and IA |
| "The body has fifteen tables" | Move all but the decisive ones to the Internet Appendix |
【All exhibits self-contained?】yes / no
【Notes state SE/clustering + units?】yes / no
【Magnitudes in economic units?】yes / no
【JF numbering consistent (Table I.. / IA.*)?】yes / no
【Decisive-only in body, ≤60 pp?】yes / no
【Next step】jf-writing-style
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jf-skillsCrafts JFE manuscript exhibits to meet house standards: readable tables with self-contained notes, consistent reporting conventions, and figures that carry the argument. Handles triage between main text and Internet Appendix.
Generates tables and figures conforming to JFQA journal formatting: summary statistics, regressions, robustness, and self-contained notes with sample/clustering/winsorizing details.
Finalizes tables and figures for JPE manuscripts so each exhibit is self-contained and economically meaningful. Covers table design, figure style, main text vs. appendix decisions.