jle-identificationUse when the causal identification argument is the bottleneck for a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript — a law change (DiD/event study), a court/judge/case-assignment design, a regulatory threshold (RD), or an antitrust/enforcement event. Stress-tests the law-to-outcome mapping to the
jle-literature-positioningUse when the marginal contribution of a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript is fuzzy or undersold and must be staked precisely against prior law-and-economics work. Positions the contribution; it does not fix the identification (jle-identification) or the prose (jle-writing-style).
jle-rebuttalUse when a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) decision letter arrives (R&R or conditional accept) and a response-to-referees letter plus a revision plan must be drafted. Plans and structures the response; it does not run the new analysis (jle-identification / jle-robustness) or the submission pr
jle-referee-strategyUse when anticipating the objections a law-and-economics referee at The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) will raise, so a manuscript pre-empts them before submission or addresses them in revision. Plans the defense around JLE's single-blind process; it does not draft the response letter (jle-rebut
jle-replication-packageUse when assembling the data and code package for a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript to satisfy the journal's replication policy — data, programs, and computation details available for replication before publication. Builds the deposit and README; it does not run the analysis or wri
jle-robustnessUse when a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript's headline estimate must be shown to survive specification, sample, jurisdiction, and inference choices before submission or in an R&R. Builds the robustness suite a law-and-economics referee expects; it does not establish the primary iden
jle-submissionUse when running the final pre-submission preflight for a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript via the Editorial Manager portal — the single-blind title page, the US$100 submission fee, Chicago author-date style, the replication-policy readiness, and disclosures. Final checks; it does n
jle-tables-figuresUse when building or revising the exhibits of a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript so the effect of the legal rule is legible in one table or figure and respects University of Chicago Press presentation norms. Formats exhibits; it does not establish the result (jle-identification / jl
jle-theory-modelUse when a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript needs a model of the legal rule — deterrence, liability, contracting, or regulation — to interpret estimates, generate testable predictions, or carry a theory contribution in the Chicago price-theory tradition. Calibrates how much theory b
jle-topic-selectionUse when deciding whether a law-and-economics project belongs at The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) rather than the Journal of Legal Studies, JLEO, or the American Law and Economics Review, and what its central legal/regulatory question should be. Sets venue fit and question scope; it does not d
jle-workflowUse when deciding which jle-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
jle-writing-styleUse when revising the prose, abstract, and introduction of a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript so the legal institution and the design land early, in University of Chicago Press house style with Chicago author-date citations. Polishes exposition; it does not change the result (jle-id