Review Of Economic Studies Skills

REStud-specific skill stack for manuscripts targeted at The Review of Economic Studies (Oxford University Press, for the Review of Economic Studies Ltd; founded 1933 to advance theory and applied work, especially by younger economists; home of the REStud Tour). Encodes the journal's actual mechanics: Editorial Express portal, the USD 200 / 120 submission fee (reduced for students and early-career

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

Install

npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/review-of-economic-studies-skills

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Restud Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when a referee report or R&R has arrived for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript and a point-by-point response letter plus aligned manuscript revisions are needed. Structures the revision and the letter; does not redo the science from scratch.

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Restud Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding which restud-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.

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Restud Robustness · brycewang-stanford
Use when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo, alternative specifications — are missing or fragile. Hardens the result against demanding referees; does not redesign identification.

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Restud Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript — double-anonymity, the ~45-page limit, Harvard author-date references, online appendix, the USD submission fee, and the Editorial Express portal. Last gate before submitting; does not assess the science. Verify current limits and fee on the journal's official page.

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Restud Theory Model · brycewang-stanford
Use when building, sharpening, or stress-testing the theoretical model in a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript — whether a pure-theory paper or an empirical paper with a model — and when routing proofs to the online appendix. Develops the model and its economic payoff; does not run the empirics.

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Restud Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when polishing the prose of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript — introduction, abstract, and overall economy of exposition — so the original contribution reads clearly and elegantly. Polishes writing; does not change results, design, or model.

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Restud Identification · brycewang-stanford
Use when selecting, implementing, or stress-testing the causal identification strategy for an empirical The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript — DID (incl. staggered), IV (incl. weak-IV-robust inference), RDD, synthetic control, shift-share, or RCT. Apply before writing results; for theory papers route to restud-theory-model.

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Restud Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when the exhibits in a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript need to be made publication-grade — regression tables that are oversized or footnote-bloated, or figures that do not carry the result. Finalizes exhibits to REStud house standard; does not run the underlying analysis.

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Restud Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when evaluating whether a research idea clears the REStud top-5 bar, or when sharpening a fuzzy idea into one clean original contribution for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript. Diagnoses fit and contribution; does not draft prose or design empirics.

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Restud Referee Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when anticipating the referee pool and their likely objections for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript, and when pre-empting those objections in the paper before submission. Maps reviewers and hardens the paper against them; does not write the rebuttal (that is restud-rebuttal).

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Restud Replication Package · brycewang-stanford
Use when assembling the data and code deposit for an accepted empirical The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript, writing the README, or auditing reproducibility before the journal's Data Editor runs the pre-publication reproducibility check. Builds a deposit-ready package; does not run the analysis. Verify the current REStud/OUP data policy on the official page.

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Restud Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when positioning a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript against the closest related work — confronting the nearest papers and stating the marginal contribution precisely. Sharpens positioning; does not write the full introduction or run empirics.

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