aejpol-identificationUse when the credibility of the causal evaluation of a policy is the bottleneck for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript — DID/event study, IV, RDD/bunching, or RCT of a program. Stress-tests the quasi-experimental policy-evaluation design to the AEJ: Policy bar before exhibits are finalized; it does
aejpol-literature-positioningUse when placing the contribution against the policy-evaluation literature and sharpening it as a policy answer for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript. Stakes the contribution and the policy-relevant "so what"; it does not write the full introduction or design the identification.
aejpol-rebuttalUse when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed. Structures the response to referees and editor with policy-relevance front and center; it does not run new estimation or redesign identification from
aejpol-referee-strategyUse when anticipating how AEJ: Economic Policy referees and editors will read a manuscript, before submission or before an R&R, to pre-empt the objections that sink policy-evaluation papers. Maps likely pushback to fixes and calibrates expectations; it does not write the response letter (see aejpol-
aejpol-replication-packageUse when assembling the data and code deposit for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript to satisfy the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy and the AEA Data Editor's pre-publication reproducibility check. Builds the openICPSR deposit, README, and restricted-data access paths; it does not run the analy
aejpol-robustnessUse when an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript's headline policy estimate needs to be shown stable and credible against specification, sample, inference, and identification threats. Organizes the robustness program by threat-to-the-policy-conclusion; it does not design the primary identification or wri
aejpol-submissionUse when running the final pre-submission preflight for AEJ: Economic Policy via the AEA online submission system — single-blind review front matter, JEL codes, submission and publication fees, format, the Data and Code Availability Statement, and disclosure. Final checks; it does not draft content.
aejpol-tables-figuresUse when building or revising exhibits for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript so they meet AEA house style and carry the policy message — no significance asterisks, a self-contained headline exhibit, and figures that show the policy effect with uncertainty. Designs exhibits; it does not run the esti
aejpol-theory-modelUse when an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript needs a framework that maps reduced-form estimates into a welfare, cost-benefit, or distributional policy object — sufficient statistics, MVPF, optimal-policy, or a small applied model. Builds the estimate-to-welfare bridge and states its assumptions; it d
aejpol-topic-selectionUse when deciding whether a project fits AEJ: Economic Policy rather than J. Public Economics, AEJ: Applied, or AER, and when sharpening the policy question and its welfare stake for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript. Frames fit and the policy-question-first contribution; it does not design the ide
aejpol-workflowUse when deciding which aejpol-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
aejpol-writing-styleUse when drafting or revising the prose of an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — to translate causal estimates into a clear policy takeaway without overclaiming. Shapes the policy-first narrative and house style; it does not design identification or build th