Journal Of Political Economy Skills

Agent skill stack for submitting to the Journal of Political Economy (JPE, University of Chicago Press; lead editor Esteban Rossi-Hansberg) and its 2023 companions JPE Microeconomics and JPE Macroeconomics. Encodes JPE-specific mechanics: Editorial Manager submission, the $250/$125 non-refundable fee with referee-report waiver, single-blind review, Chicago author-date house style, the price-theory

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

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npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/journal-of-political-economy-skills

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Jpe Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) decision letter (R&R or reject-with-encouragement) has arrived and you need to draft the response-to-referees letter and revision plan. Structures the response and the diff; it does not redo the analysis (route back to jpe-identification / jpe-theory-model / jpe-robustness first).

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Jpe Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding which jpe-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

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Jpe Robustness · brycewang-stanford
Use when the main result of a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript rests on a single specification and you need to pre-empt the alternative-explanation and fragility objections a Chicago referee will raise. Builds the robustness battery and the falsification logic; it does not establish the primary identification (see jpe-identification).

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Jpe Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript via Editorial Express — manuscript format, Chicago author-date references, the $250/$125 submission fee, single-blind review, exhibits, the Micro/Macro companion-journal choice, and supplementary files. Final mechanical gate; it does not improve the economic argument.

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Jpe Theory Model · brycewang-stanford
Use when a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript needs an explicit economic model or mechanism — either a theory paper's model, or the framework that gives a reduced-form empirical result its economic meaning. Builds and disciplines the economic argument; it does not run estimation (see jpe-identification).

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Jpe Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when polishing the prose of a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript into its spare, analytical, economics-first register. Tightens voice, structure, and citation/format house style; it does not fix the economic argument itself (see jpe-theory-model / jpe-identification).

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Jpe Identification · brycewang-stanford
Use when the empirical identification strategy is the bottleneck for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript — quasi-experimental designs (DID, IV, RDD, event study) or structural estimation. Stress-tests the design and its economic interpretation before drafting tables; it does not write the model from scratch (see jpe-theory-model).

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Jpe Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when finalizing the main exhibits (tables and figures) of a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript so each one carries economic content and is self-contained. Sets exhibit design and notes standards; it does not decide which results to report (see jpe-robustness).

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Jpe Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when scoping or framing a research question for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript and you need to test whether it is "JPE-shaped" — i.e., a mechanism-driven economic question, not an atheoretical correlation. Diagnoses fit and frames the contribution; it does not design the empirics.

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Jpe Referee Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when running a pre-submission pre-mortem on a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript to anticipate the price-theory, general-equilibrium, and identification objections a Chicago referee will raise. Builds the threat list and pre-empts it; it does not write the R&R response (see jpe-rebuttal).

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Jpe Replication Package · brycewang-stanford
Use when assembling the data and code replication package for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript to DCAS / JPE Data Editor standards for conditionally accepted papers, with deposit to the JPE Dataverse. Builds the package and README; it does not run the analysis itself.

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Jpe Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when writing or repairing the introduction and related-work framing for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript — situating the contribution in the economics literature with author-date citations. Frames positioning and the intro arc; it does not run the empirics or build the model.

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