From jpe-skills
Routes manuscript workflow for Journal of Political Economy submissions, directing users to relevant jpe-* skills based on current stage (topic selection, modeling, identification, etc.).
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jpe-skills:jpe-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill. It tells you **which jpe-* skill to use given where you are right now** in a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) submission.
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill. It tells you which jpe- skill to use given where you are right now* in a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) submission.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as JPE proper (University of Chicago Press; lead editor Esteban Rossi-Hansberg). The same routing applies to the 2023-launched companion journals — JPE Microeconomics (lead editor John List) and JPE Macroeconomics (lead editor Greg Kaplan) — but those are narrower in scope; flag that routing choice in jpe-topic-selection. Note two JPE-specific gates that shape the whole pipeline: a non-refundable $250 / $125 submission fee with a 3-referee-reports waiver, and a conditional accept that triggers the JPE Data Editor verifying a DCAS package deposited to the JPE Dataverse.
The single organizing question behind every JPE skill: "What does economic theory predict here, and does the evidence bear it out?" A Chicago referee will read the paper as an economic argument, not a regression table. Internal consistency of that argument is scrutinized harder than at most journals.
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Idea is a correlation in search of a question; no economic mechanism | jpe-topic-selection |
| Unsure whether the paper is "JPE-shaped" vs. a field journal | jpe-topic-selection |
| Lit review reads as a list; contribution not framed in Chicago author-date | jpe-literature-positioning |
| Empirics are OLS + controls; causal claim not defended | jpe-identification |
| Reduced-form result has no model / mechanism behind it | jpe-theory-model |
| Structural model present but identification of parameters is unclear | jpe-theory-model |
| Main result exists but rests on a single specification | jpe-robustness |
| Tables overloaded; figures not carrying the economic story | jpe-tables-figures |
| Prose is verbose / hedged / not in JPE's spare analytical voice | jpe-writing-style |
| Conditionally accepted; need a DCAS package for the JPE Data Editor / JPE Dataverse | jpe-replication-package |
| Want to anticipate the price-theory / GE objections a referee will raise | jpe-referee-strategy |
| Ready to submit; need Editorial Express preflight + $250/$125 fee/format check | jpe-submission |
| Received an R&R; need to draft the response letter | jpe-rebuttal |
jpe-topic-selection — lock the economic question and the mechanism it testsjpe-literature-positioning — situate the contribution in the economics literature (Chicago author-date)jpe-identification — make the causal/empirical claim crediblejpe-theory-model — the model or mechanism that gives the result its economic meaningjpe-robustness — kill the alternative explanations a referee will floatjpe-tables-figures — finalize main exhibits so each carries economic contentjpe-writing-style — tighten prose into JPE's analytical register (polish)jpe-referee-strategy — pre-mortem the report you expect, patch holesjpe-replication-package — assemble data/code to DCAS standard for the JPE Data Editor / JPE Dataversejpe-submission — Editorial Express preflight ($250/$125 fee, Chicago author-date format, single-blind)jpe-rebuttal — after the R&R lands
jpe-writing-styleis a late polish stage. Do not chase prose before the identification and the model are sound.jpe-theory-modelandjpe-identificationoften iterate together — for JPE the model frequently disciplines the empirical specification, not the reverse.
jpe-theory-model (a bare effect is not a JPE paper)jpe-identificationjpe-literature-positioningjpe-identificationjpe-robustnessjpe-referee-strategyjpe-submissionjpe-rebuttalJPE sits among the top-five but has a distinct house taste:
If the paper is methodological with no economic application, Econometrica may fit better. If it is an atheoretical policy evaluation, reconsider the framing in jpe-topic-selection before targeting JPE. And unlike its peers, JPE offers an in-house routing choice between the flagship and the JPE Micro / JPE Macro companions — use it deliberately.
jpe-theory-model and present a reduced-form correlation as a finished JPE paper — referees ask "what is the economics?"jpe-tables-figures polish exhibits while the identification is still contestedjpe-rebuttal draft a response letter before the manuscript itself has been revisedjpe-submission as the first stop; preflight is worthless if the economic argument is not yet soundnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jpe-skillsRoutes manuscript workflow for Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) submission, sequencing tasks from topic selection to rebuttal. Invoked when deciding which specialized skill to use next.
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Routes manuscript work for JEEA submissions by diagnosing the current bottleneck and directing to the appropriate jeea-* sub-skill (topic selection, identification, writing, etc.).