Nine-skill stack for top-5 economics manuscripts (AER / AER: Insights / AEJ): topic selection, modern causal identification (DiD / IV / RDD / SCM / Bartik), referee-anticipating robustness, Keith-Head-style introductions, AER booktabs tables, AEA Data and Code Availability deposits (openICPSR-ready), submission preflight, and R&R rebuttal letters. Ships Stata / R / Python templates and classic-AER