ecta-literature-positioning
Use when locating an Econometrica result precisely within the methods / theory lineage it extends, and when writing the related-work paragraphs that pre-empt "how does this differ from X?" Builds the positioning — it does not judge overall fit (use ecta-topic-selection) or state the theorem (use ecta-theory-model).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecta-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Positioning (ecta-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - The related-work section lists papers but never says how *this* result differs formally - You suspect a referee will name a classic theorem/estimator your result must beat or nest - Reviewers might think the contribution is already implied by a known result - The lineage of assumptions (who introduced each, who relaxed it) is unclear ## The positioning bar at Econometrica Econometrica referees are typically the people who wrote the results you are extending — and the handling **co-editor** (one of a small board; e.g., Keisuke Hirano, Aureo de Paula, Marciano Siniscalchi, Pete Klenow, Patrick Kline, under Editor Marina Halac, 2025–2029 — verify the current board) routes the paper to exactly those experts. Positioning is not a literature dump — it is a **precise statement of the formal relationship** between your result and the closest prior results. For each key neighbor, say exactly one of: *we nest it*, *we generalize it*, *we weaken its assumption*, *we provide what it lacked* (e.g., the limiting distribution, uniqueness, a constructive proof). Because the lineage here is *methods/theory* rather than *emp
- When to trigger
- The positioning bar at Econometrica
- Map the lineage
- Positioning paragraph template
- What to get right
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the ecta-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when locating an Econometrica result precisely within the methods / theory lineage it extends, and when writing the related-work paragraphs that pre-empt "how does this differ from X?" Builds the positioning — it does not judge overall fit (use ecta-topic-selection) or state the theorem (use ecta-theory-model).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecta-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.