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Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) Skills
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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at the Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) — one of the "top three" accounting journals, sponsored by the Chookaszian Accounting Research Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and published with Wiley-Blackwell.
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic "accounting writing" toolbox. It is a JAR-specific stack built around JAR's defining identity: rigorous empirical-archival capital-markets research in the Ball-Brown lineage, judged on credible identification and an economic story about how accounting information is produced, disclosed, audited, and used. It covers question selection and JAR fit, economics-based theory and signed predictions, literature positioning, identification-driven design, large-sample archival analysis (clustering, endogeneity, construct measurement, robustness), contribution framing, JAR house-style exhibits and prose, the Wiley Research Exchange submission and tiered-fee gate, the double-anonymized editor-panel review, and R&R rebuttals.
Durable norms only. Editors, fees, exact limits, the conference theme, and policies change — always verify on the official Chookaszian Center JAR pages and the Wiley author guidelines.
Why a Separate JAR Skill Stack?
JAR imposes constraints that differ materially from theory-only or management journals:
| Constraint | Journal of Accounting Research | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Empirical accounting (capital markets, disclosure, audit, tax) | Pure-finance or pure-methods papers are off-fit |
| Core bar | Credible identification + an economic story | A panel regression with no identifying variation reads as correlation |
| Theory | Economics-based mechanism (information / agency / disclosure) | Psychology-style construct chains do not fit |
| Design | Archival natural experiments, RD, IV, event studies (also experiments/analytical/field) | The design must actually identify the effect |
| Inference | Clustering matched to the design (firm / firm×year) | Robust SEs on panel data get flagged |
| Reproducibility | Mandatory data-and-code sharing (posted & hosted) | "Code on request" is not acceptable; build the package early |
| Submission gate | Tiered fee ($750/$500/$50), paid within one week | Budget the fee; lower tier needs all authors in Tier 2/3 |
| Volume cap | At most four new papers / author / two years | Choose which projects to send |
| Process | Senior-Editor panel; double-anonymized; multi-round R&R | No single EIC; first-round accepts are unheard of |
| Distinctive tracks | Ray Ball Annual Conference (June issue); Registered Reports | Extra paths with their own rules |
Generic "scientific writing" or "social-science methods" packs do not address these constraints.
Quick Start
Option A — Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/jar-skills
/plugin install jar-skills
/reload-pluginsOption B — Manual Copy
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/jar-skills.git
cd jar-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/jar-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/jar-* ~/.codex/skills/First Prompt
Use jar-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my JAR manuscript.Default Workflow
jar-topic-selection
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jar-theory-development
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jar-literature-positioning
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jar-methods
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jar-data-analysis
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jar-contribution-framing
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jar-tables-figures
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jar-writing-style (polish)
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jar-submission
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jar-review-process
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jar-rebuttaljar-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
jar-workflow | Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
jar-topic-selection | Accounting question + credible setting + JAR fit (vs. TAR/JAE/RAST/CAR) |
jar-theory-development | Economics-based mechanism; signed, falsifiable predictions |
jar-literature-positioning | Joining the accounting conversation; marginal contribution |
jar-methods | Identification strategy (archival NE / RD / IV / event study / experiment) |
jar-data-analysis | SE clustering, endogeneity execution, construct measurement, robustness |
jar-contribution-framing | Explicit contribution to accounting knowledge + economic magnitude |
jar-tables-figures | Sample/descriptive/results/identification exhibits in JAR house style |
jar-writing-style | Design-forward, economically literate prose; JAR author-date style |
jar-submission | Research Exchange preflight: anonymization, tiered fee, data-and-code |
jar-review-process | Editor-panel review, fee/desk gates, Ray Ball & Registered Reports tracks |
jar-rebuttal | Multi-round R&R revision and point-by-point response letter |
Resources
resources/external_tools.md— empirical-accounting data sources (Compustat / CRSP / I/B/E/S / Audit Analytics / EDGAR) and analysis software (Statareghdfe/csdid/rdrobust, Rfixest, SAS, WRDS)resources/official-source-map.md— official JAR / Chookaszian Center / Wiley URLs behind every verified fact (accessed 2026-06-01); unverified items flagged 待核实
What Makes JAR Distinctive
- Empirical-archival capital-markets identity (the Ball-Brown lineage) — identification and economic magnitude weigh as heavily as a sound regression.
- Mandatory data-and-code sharing — JAR actually requires and hosts datasheets/code, unlike top peers that merely encourage it.
- Tiered, country-based submission fee ($750/$500/$50), due within one week of submission.
- Senior-Editor panel (no single editor-in-chief) running double-anonymized review.
- Ray Ball JAR Annual Conference with a dedicated (historically June) conference issue.
- Registered Reports — pre-registered, two-stage, outcome-independent in-principle acceptance.
Differences vs. TAR / JAE / RAST / CAR
| Dimension | JAR | TAR | JAE | RAST / CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsor/publisher | Chicago Booth (Chookaszian) / Wiley | American Accounting Assn. | Elsevier | Springer / Wiley |
| Signature identity | Empirical-archival capital markets | Broad, all accounting fields | Positive contracting/disclosure economics | Broad empirical accounting |
| Data/code policy | Required & hosted | No equivalent mandate | Encouraged | Varies |
| Distinctive tracks | Ray Ball Conference; Registered Reports | — | — | — |
If your paper is purely a methods contribution with no accounting question, or has no identification leverage, JAR is likely the wrong venue.
Related
- awesome-journal-skills — index of journal-specific skill packs
License
MIT