From jimf-skills
Formats tables and figures for Journal of International Money and Finance manuscripts. Builds panel regression tables, event-study plots, and country-heterogeneity displays following Elsevier/finance presentation norms.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jimf-skills:jimf-tables-figuresThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The main result is settled and must be readable at a glance
JIMF is an empirical finance/macro journal, so the headline international effect should be findable in seconds and the picture of the identification should appear before the reader reaches the table. Finance house style (unlike the Econometric Society journals) permits significance stars but requires standard errors in parentheses and self-contained notes. The distinctive JIMF exhibits are the cross-country panel regression table, the high-frequency event-study / impulse-response figure, and the country-heterogeneity display.
| Exhibit | What it must show | Common failure |
|---|---|---|
| Main panel-regression table | headline coefficient, SE in parentheses, FE indicated (country/time), N, R², dep-var | 12 columns; FE structure unclear; no dep-var mean |
| Event-study / surprise figure | response over the window, CIs, the announcement at t=0, pre-window flat | no CIs; ambiguous window; overlapping events |
| Impulse response / local projection | horizon on x-axis, CI bands, units stated (bp, %) | no bands; units unstated; truncated horizon |
| Country heterogeneity | by-country or by-region coefficients (forest plot / map / scatter vs. exposure) | a pooled coefficient hiding huge dispersion |
| Pass-through table | pass-through by horizon and by invoicing/currency margin | aggregate-only; horizon collapsed |
| Robustness display | point-estimate stability across checks (coefficient plot / spec curve) | a starred wall with no through-line |
This skill formats and arranges; it does not establish the estimate. If the headline coefficient is still moving, fix that in jimf-identification and jimf-robustness before polishing the exhibit — a beautifully typeset table of an unstable number is wasted effort. The right sequence is: settle identification, stabilize the estimate across robustness checks, then promote the preferred specification to the headline table and build the identification figure around it. Exhibits are the last empirical step before writing, not a substitute for the analysis.
A draft's Table 5 sweeps every control combination across 14 columns, and the spillover coefficient sits in column 11 with only t-stats. The JIMF fix: promote the preferred specification to a two-panel Table 2 — Panel A the baseline (coefficient 0.42, s.e. 0.13 in parentheses, Country FE Yes, Time FE Yes, N, two-way clustered), Panel B with openness interaction — and move the sweep to the online appendix. Add Figure 1, the local-projection impulse response of EM bond spreads to the cleaned US surprise with 90% bands over a 20-day horizon, and Figure 2, a forest plot of the by-country coefficients against capital-account openness. The international effect is now visible before the table.
Several JIMF exhibits have near-canonical forms; matching them signals fluency. A high-frequency event study plots the cumulative response across a tight window with the announcement at t=0 and CI bands, and states whether the window is intraday or daily. A local-projection impulse response puts horizon on the x-axis, the response (in stated units) on the y-axis, and shaded confidence bands, with the shock normalized (per 25bp, per 1 s.d.). A country-heterogeneity forest plot shows each country/region coefficient with its CI, ordered by an interpretable covariate (openness, EM vs. AE), so dispersion and its correlate are visible at once. A pass-through table reports the cumulative coefficient at several horizons, ideally split by invoicing-currency margin. Use these forms unless you have a reason not to.
【Journal】Journal of International Money and Finance
【Skill】jimf-tables-figures
【Headline exhibit】one table carrying the estimate + FE rows + SE? [Y/N]
【FE / clustering visible】country/time FE rows + clustering in note? [Y/N]
【Identification figure】event-study / IRF / LP with CI bands + marked t=0? [Y/N]
【Heterogeneity shown】forest plot / scatter vs. exposure / map? [Y/N]
【Units / scaling】per 1% / 1 s.d. / 25bp stated? [Y/N]
【Next skill】jimf-internet-appendix
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jimf-skillsCrafts JMCB-ready exhibits: IRF plots, coefficient figures, regression and balance-sheet tables that are self-contained and economically legible. Does not re-run analysis or write prose.
Crafts 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.
Designs exhibits for JFI papers: summary tables, main results with FE progression, event-study figures, and robustness grids. Useful when building or revising a submission's table/figure set.