From rje-skills
Routes RAND Journal of Economics manuscripts to the correct rje-* skill across the industrial-organization lifecycle, from topic fit through submission and rebuttal. Use when unsure which specialist skill a task needs.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/rje-skills:rje-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- You are starting or mid-way through an RJE manuscript and want to know the next step
The RAND Journal of Economics (RJE), formerly the Bell Journal of Economics, is owned and sponsored by the RAND Corporation (Santa Monica) and published in partnership with Wiley. Its scope is deliberately narrow: applied microeconomics centered on industrial organization — regulated industries, antitrust/competition, regulation, market structure, firm strategy, and the economic analysis of organizations. It is widely regarded as the field's flagship IO journal. Both theoretical and empirical work is welcomed. This is not a general-interest or macro outlet, so route accordingly.
rje-topic-selection (Is this an IO question RJE wants?)
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rje-contribution-framing (What is the one-sentence contribution?)
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rje-literature-positioning (Stake it against the IO frontier)
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rje-identification-strategy (Structural or reduced-form design)
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rje-data-analysis (Estimate, diagnose, robustness)
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rje-tables-figures (Exhibits under the RJE Style Guide)
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rje-writing-style (House usage + author-date polish)
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rje-replication-and-data-policy (Package + supporting-info handling)
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rje-review-process (Understand the editor screen + referees)
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rje-submission (Page caps, abstract, fee, portal preflight)
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rje-rebuttal (Respond to the two referees + Editor)
rje-topic-selectionrje-contribution-framingrje-identification-strategyrje-submission (page caps are hard)rje-rebuttalWhen a task or reviewer remark arrives mid-project, match the symptom to the specialist skill rather than guessing the stage.
| Symptom or request | Route to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| "Is this even an IO question for RJE?" | rje-topic-selection | Scope is deliberately narrow; screen fit first |
| "The intro reads like a methods exercise" | rje-contribution-framing | Make the IO advance legible by page 1 |
| "Referee says we miss the frontier" | rje-literature-positioning | Stake against the right IO strand |
| "Price is treated as exogenous" | rje-identification-strategy | Endogeneity is the central structural threat |
| "Counterfactual looks fragile" | rje-data-analysis | Bound it; validate against an episode |
| "Tables blow the 40-page cap" | rje-tables-figures | Triage exhibits to the appendix |
| "Subsections are numbered 2.1, 2.2" | rje-writing-style | RJE leaves subsections unnumbered |
| "What do we deposit for replication?" | rje-replication-and-data-policy | RJE hosts nothing; supporting info discouraged |
| "What happens after submit?" | rje-review-process | Editor screen then two anonymous referees |
| "Final checks before upload" | rje-submission | Page caps, abstract, fee, portal |
| "We got an R&R" | rje-rebuttal | Editor's letter is binding; respect caps |
Suppose a collaborator says: "Our hospital-merger article got an R&R; one referee disputes the bargaining model's identification and the Editor wants the welfare number bounded — and we are over the page cap." Route in order:
rje-rebuttal to plan the response, drawing on rje-identification-strategy for the bargaining-identification defense and rje-data-analysis for the bounded counterfactual.rje-tables-figures and rje-submission to triage exhibits into the appendix before resubmission.rje-writing-style for a final pass.The router's job is to sequence these, not to perform any one of them.
【Stage】topic / framing / design / analysis / exhibits / style / package / submission / rebuttal
【RJE fit risk】on-scope IO? [Y/N/uncertain]
【Next skill】rje-...
【Why】one line
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin rje-skillsExplains the RAND Journal of Economics (RJE) review pipeline: editor screen, two anonymous referees, handling Editor decision. Helps calibrate submission strategy to avoid desk reject.
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