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Journal of Business & Economic Statistics Skills
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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) — a methodological econometrics-and-statistics journal (established 1983) published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic econometrics-writing toolbox. It is a JBES-specific stack built around the journal's defining demand — methods with empirics: a new or improved statistical/econometric method (machine-learning and data-science adaptations and computational improvements explicitly welcomed) that carries clear empirical relevance and usually a substantive empirical application. Pure theory without empirical motivation, or pure applications without methodological novelty, are off-scope.
Check live T&F instructions before filing. The source map was refreshed on 2026-06-20. The pack hard-codes stable official facts (scope, ASA ownership, current Joint Editors, and ASA reproducibility expectations) but does not hard-code submission platform, fee, length/abstract limits, review model, or formatting rules that require the live T&F author-instruction page.
Why a Separate JBES Skill Stack?
JBES imposes constraints that differ materially from a general-interest economics journal or a pure-statistics journal:
| Constraint | JBES | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Core demand | A method and an application, together | One-legged papers (pure theory / pure application) are off-scope |
| Method scope | New/improved methods, incl. ML / data science & computation | Off-the-shelf ML with no econometric novelty is off-fit |
| Evidence | Asymptotics + Monte Carlo + a substantive application | A derivation with a toy illustration reads as unfinished |
| Owning body | American Statistical Association (ASA) | Follows ASA data-sharing/ethics policy, not the AEA Data Editor regime |
| Editors | A rotating panel of Co-Editors / Joint Editors (no single EIC) | Cover-letter targeting differs from single-EIC journals |
| Data/code | ASA supplementary-material + data availability statement | Not the JAE Data Archive (that is a different, Wiley journal) |
| Access model | Taylor & Francis Open Select (hybrid OA) | Optional APC only if you choose OA |
| Tradition | Invited discussion papers + comments/rejoinders | Some contributions are pitched as discussion papers |
Generic "scientific writing" or "econ writing" skill packs do not address these constraints.
Quick Start
Option A — Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/jbes-skills
/plugin install jbes-skills
/reload-pluginsOption B — Manual Copy
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/jbes-skills.git
cd jbes-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/jbes-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/jbes-* ~/.codex/skills/First Prompt
Use jbes-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my JBES manuscript.Default Workflow
jbes-topic-selection
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jbes-literature-positioning
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jbes-contribution-framing
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jbes-identification-strategy
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jbes-data-analysis
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jbes-tables-figures
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jbes-writing-style (polish)
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jbes-replication-and-data-policy
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jbes-review-process
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jbes-submission
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jbes-rebuttaljbes-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
jbes-workflow | Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
jbes-topic-selection | The methods-with-empirics fit test (novelty × relevance) |
jbes-literature-positioning | Stake the method against prior econometrics/statistics art |
jbes-contribution-framing | One-sentence contribution: method advance + empirical consequence |
jbes-identification-strategy | Assumptions, regularity conditions, asymptotics, Monte Carlo design |
jbes-data-analysis | Monte Carlo evidence + the substantive empirical application |
jbes-tables-figures | Make size / power / coverage legible to both communities |
jbes-writing-style | Method-first, application-anchored prose and theorem statements |
jbes-replication-and-data-policy | Reproducible code+data supplement under ASA policy |
jbes-review-process | The multi-Co-Editor path and discussion-paper tradition |
jbes-submission | Preflight for live T&F submission facts and ASA supplement readiness |
jbes-rebuttal | R&R response-letter strategy for a methods paper |
Resources
resources/external_tools.md— simulation engines, method-family libraries (Stata / R / Python), application data (FRED / CRSP / IPUMS), and reproducibility toolingresources/official-source-map.md— current official-source map, refreshed 2026-06-20, with submission-only facts intentionally not encoded until the live T&F page is opened
Differences vs. Adjacent Stacks
| Dimension | JBES | General economics journal | Pure statistics journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead with | A method with an application | An empirical/theoretical finding | A theorem |
| Empirical application | Required (part of scope) | Is the paper | Often optional |
| Methodological novelty | Required | Often absent | Required |
| Data/ethics regime | ASA policy | AEA Data Editor (econ) | Journal-specific |
What This Repo Does Not Do
- It does not write a submittable manuscript for you
- It does not simulate any specific Co-Editor's or referee's taste
- It does not assert submission-only metadata (platform, exact fee, length limits, review model, formatting rules) unless the live T&F author instructions have been opened
- It does not judge whether your method is genuinely novel — that is the researcher's call
Related
- awesome-journal-skills — Index of journal-specific skill packs
- Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (official) — Taylor & Francis, for the ASA
- ASA data-sharing & reproducibility policy
License
MIT