Review Of Economics And Statistics Skills

Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) — the venerable MIT Press journal edited at the Harvard Kennedy School (founded 1917/1919) for applied economics and applied econometrics. The pack is empirical-first and measurement-aware: it routes a manuscript from venue fit and credible causal identification, through robustness, exhibits, and house-st

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

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npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/review-of-economics-and-statistics-skills

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Restat Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and the manuscript needs a response-to-referees letter and a revision plan. Drafts the response strategy; it does not run new analysis (route that to the analysis skills).

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Restat Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding which restat-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

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Restat Robustness · brycewang-stanford
Use when the headline estimate of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript needs to survive specification, sample, measurement, and inference choices before submission. Builds the robustness suite that REStat referees expect; it does not establish the primary identification.

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Restat Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) via Editorial Express — format rules, abstract limit, online-appendix cap, article categories, submission fee, the proprietary-data fee hold, and house style. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Restat Theory Model · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding how much theory or structure a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript should carry — right-sizing a model so it interprets or disciplines the empirical estimate without becoming the contribution. Calibrates the theory's role; it does not develop new theory for its own sake.

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Restat Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.

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Restat Identification · brycewang-stanford
Use when the causal-identification or measurement strategy is the bottleneck for a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — a DID / RD / IV / shift-share design, or a measurement / measurement-error problem. Stress-tests the design to REStat's applied-econometrics-and-measurement bar before exhibits are finalized.

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Restat Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when building or revising the exhibits of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript so the main result is legible in one table or figure in AEA/REStat house style. Designs publication-grade exhibits; it does not run the underlying estimation.

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Restat Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding whether an applied-economics project fits The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) rather than AER / AEJ:Applied / J. Econometrics / a field journal, and sharpening the question to REStat's empirical-and-measurement bar. Decides venue fit and frames the question; it does not run the analysis.

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Restat Referee Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when anticipating the objections a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) referee will raise for a given design, and pre-empting them in the manuscript before submission. Maps threats to defenses; it does not draft the post-decision response letter (that is restat-rebuttal).

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Restat Replication Package · brycewang-stanford
Use when assembling the data-and-code replication package for a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript under the journal's Data and Code Availability Policy — the deposit to the REStat Harvard Dataverse with a README that permits replication. Builds the package; it does not run the primary analysis.

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Restat Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when the marginal contribution of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript against the closest prior work is fuzzy, generic, or oversold. Stakes the contribution precisely; it does not run analysis or write the full literature review.

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