Review Of Financial Studies Skills

Agent skill stack for submitting to The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) — OUP for the Society for Financial Studies, Executive Editor Tarun Ramadorai. Encodes RFS-specific facts: Registered Reports (the first pre-results-review track in finance/economics), SFS Cavalcade dual submission, the SFS Editorial Express portal, the mandatory public code-release condition, a 100-word abstract, and Chicag

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

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

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Rfs Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use after a decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) on a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript, to structure the response letter and revision plan. Writes the rebuttal; assumes the manuscript itself is being revised in parallel.

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

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Rfs Robustness · brycewang-stanford
Use when results may be fragile or when multiple-testing / out-of-sample discipline is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Builds the robustness battery referees will demand; does NOT design identification or write the rebuttal.

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Rfs Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript — the SFS Editorial Express portal, cover letter, formatting, Internet Appendix, submission fee, and SFS norms. Checks readiness; does NOT write the paper or the rebuttal.

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Rfs Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use as a late-stage polish when prose, contribution framing, or the abstract/introduction is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Sharpens exposition; does NOT change the empirics, identification, or results.

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Rfs Identification · brycewang-stanford
Use when the causal-inference or asset-pricing identification strategy is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript — quasi-experiments (DID, IV, RDD, event study) and factor-model identification. Stress-tests the design before drafting tables.

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Rfs Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when main-paper exhibits are the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript — table layout, standard-error reporting, and publication-grade figures. Finalizes exhibits; does NOT decide robustness content or move material to the appendix.

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Rfs Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when the research question or contribution is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Pressure-tests novelty-plus-rigor fit and drafts the contribution claim; does NOT design the empirics or position the literature in detail.

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Rfs Empirical Design · brycewang-stanford
Use when sample construction, estimator choice, factor/portfolio design, or measurement is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Settles design choices that make the identification credible; does NOT pick the identification strategy or run robustness.

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Rfs Referee Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when choosing suggested/opposed referees or running an objection pre-mortem before submitting a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Anticipates reviewer concerns; does NOT write the rebuttal (that is rfs-rebuttal).

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Rfs Internet Appendix · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding what belongs in the journal-hosted Internet Appendix vs. the main paper for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript, and how to structure it. Organizes supplementary material; does NOT generate the robustness content itself.

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Rfs Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when the related-work framing is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript — defining the precise delta against JF/JFE/RFS and prior literature. Builds positioning, not the empirical design or the topic itself.

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