Journal Of Economic Literature Skills

Agent skill stack for survey and review articles targeted at the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) — the American Economic Association's flagship survey-of-record journal (founded 1969), which publishes commissioned and peer-reviewed syntheses of bodies of economic research, book reviews, and maintains the JEL classification system. Unlike a primary-research journal, JEL does not publish origin

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

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npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/journal-of-economic-literature-skills

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/plugin install brycewang-stanford-journal-of-economic-literature-skills@skillmd

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Jel Revision · brycewang-stanford
Use when responding to editor and referee feedback on a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage gaps, balance complaints, framework/structure asks, and accessibility. Drafts the response letter and revision plan; it does not run the submission preflight (jel-submission) or redesign the spine from scratch (jel-organizing-framework).

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Jel Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding which jel-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a survey/review article from topic selection through revision for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

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Jel Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) proposal or full survey via the AEA ScholarOne portal — proposal vs. full-paper route, disclosure statements, JEL codes, AEA data/code policy, and style-guide compliance. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Jel Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when revising a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey for the JEL voice — authoritative, accessible to non-specialist economists, long-form, signposted, with a strong opening and abstract. Polishes prose and structure; it does not design the framework (jel-organizing-framework) or assign codes (jel-classification-system).

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Jel Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when building exhibits for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — summary "who-found-what" tables, conceptual/framework figures, and meta-evidence exhibits that synthesize across studies. Designs survey exhibits; it does not produce original-estimate regression tables (a JEL survey reports no new estimates of its own).

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Jel Editor Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when working with the editor and referees of a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — scope negotiation, what survey referees evaluate, and revision expectations. Plans the interaction; it does not run the submission preflight (jel-submission) or draft the response letter (jel-revision).

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Jel Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when judging whether a literature is a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)-scale survey topic — mature, important, and genuinely in need of synthesis — rather than a narrow review. Decides fit and frames the survey's animating question; it does not gather or synthesize the literature (that is jel-literature-synthesis).

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Jel Literature Synthesis · brycewang-stanford
Use when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps. Builds the evidence corpus and synthesis notes; it does not impose the analytical spine (jel-organizing-framework) or write prose.

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Jel Organizing Framework · brycewang-stanford
Use when imposing an analytical structure or taxonomy on a literature for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — the "spine" that turns a reading list into an argument about the field. Designs the framework; it does not gather the literature (jel-literature-synthesis) or judge balance (jel-comprehensiveness-and-balance).

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Jel Classification System · brycewang-stanford
Use when assigning JEL classification codes to a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey and relating the survey to the JEL code taxonomy that the journal itself maintains. Explains and applies the codes correctly; it does not write prose (jel-writing-style) or run the submission preflight (jel-submission).

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Jel Proposal And Commissioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process. Builds the proposal; it does not write the survey or run the AEA portal preflight (jel-submission).

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Jel Comprehensiveness And Balance · brycewang-stanford
Use when calibrating completeness vs. selectivity and ensuring fairness across schools, authors, and controversies in a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — including not over-promoting the author's own work. Audits coverage and even-handedness; it does not design the framework (jel-organizing-framework) or write prose (jel-writing-style).

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